This third installment of the Lenten Retreat focuses on two people who serve Jesus along the Way of the Cross: Simon of Cyrene and Veronica. May their example inspire us to discover how we might serve the face of Jesus today.
***************
Category Archives: Podcast
Walking with Mary on the Way of the Cross: Two examples of service. Catholic Inspiration
Daily Mass: Lazarus and the rich man. Catholic Inspiration
The parable of Lazarus and the rich man pokes at our consciences. Do we see the poverty around us and respond with compassion? We know the teaching of Jesus…may we ask the Lord for the grace to put His words into practice.
Mass Readings – Thursday of the 2nd Week of Lent
***************
Share this:
Daily Mass: We offer our lives in service to one another. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus teaches his disciples that the journey to Heaven is along the path of service.
Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 2nd Week of Lent
***************
Share this:
Daily Mass: An exhortation from Isaiah. Catholic Inspiration
The prophet Isaiah exhorts the people of Israel to wash themselves clean – seeking God’s goodness and avoiding evil. It’s a message that is just as relevant today.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 2nd Week of Lent
**************
Share this:
Daily Mass: The measure of mercy. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus teaches how the measure of mercy applies to our hearts: “For the measure you measure will be measured out to you.”
Mass Readings – Monday of the 2nd Week of Lent
***************
Share this:
Monday Conversation: Fasting and Abstinence. Catholic Inspiration
Fasting and Abstinence are ancient disciplines that can dramatically enhance our spiritual life. Fr. Andrew offers some practical tips to bring these tools into our own unique circumstances today.
***************
Share this:
2nd Sunday of Lent: The hope of the Transfiguration. Catholic Inspiration
The Transfiguration of Christ offers a glimpse of God’s glory on the way to the Cross. This moment – seeing Jesus as he reigns in Heaven – offers us hope as we carry our crosses, confident in the Lord’s victory.
Mass Readings – 2nd Sunday of Lent
***************
Share this:
Daily Mass: Love your enemies. Catholic Inspiration
We find in this selection from the Sermon on the Mount one of the hardest teachings of Jesus: to love our enemies. Yet when we do this we cleanse our hearts of hate and fill them with God’s grace, so that we will be prepared to follow Christ in this life and be with Him in the next.
Mass Readings – Saturday of the 1st Week of Lent
***************
Share this:
Daily Mass: Go first and be reconciled. Catholic Inspiration
Jesus urges his disciples to make reconciliation a priority in their lives, reminding us that forgiveness is a daily discipline as we follow the Lord.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 1st Week of Lent
***************
Share this:
Walking with Mary on the Way of the Cross: Christ falls 3x. Catholic Inspiration
The three falls of Jesus on the Way of the Cross express our awareness of the humanity of Jesus through his Incarnation; he becomes like us – taking on our human weakness – to redeem our weakness and restore us to grace.
***************
Share this:
Catholic Inspiration – Podcast Archives of Homilies & Talks- Daily Mass: We live our faith with zeal and conviction
- Daily Mass: Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows
- Daily Mass: The Exaltation of the Holy Cross of Christ
- Study, Pray, Serve: 25th Sunday of the Year
- 24th Sunday of the Year: It's all about forgiveness
- Daily Mass: The Lord offers two practical spiritual insights
- Daily Mass: We work on ourselves first before we point out the faults of others
- Daily Mass: Jesus invites his disciples "to measure up" to his teaching
- Daily Mass: Jesus speaks of blessings and woes
- Daily Mass: Even in the messiness of our lives, God is with us
Three Great Things 