Year of Faith – September 2013

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Painting by Don Vogl.

Pope Benedict XVI  declared a Year of Faith to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Vatican II. In celebration of this moment of renewal, I have written a retreat for each month beginning October 11, 2012 through November 24, 2013. This three minute audio retreat is meant to focus on some essential aspects of our faith and to invite us into prayer. I hope you will enjoy the audio version as well as the written text during this year. Please join me now for this twelfth month of reflection and retreat, “Living our faith in justice”.

“Social justice is non-nogitiable in our commitment to prayer and faith.”

 

Listen now: [audio https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/75239779/Year%20of%20Faith/Year%20of%20Faith%20w-music%20Sept%202013.mp3]

Stream live on KBVM 88.3FM from October 2012 through November 2013. Music by: Maureen Briare, University of Portland

The Year of Faith Retreat is also available to read and pray throughout the year.

On The Margins – Luke: 13:22-30

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fr_ron_and_kbvm_readingbw1Listen to my weekly radio show, On the Margins. We are hearing the gospels with urgency about the end of time. They teach us how to live today. People line up at Saint Andre Bessette to be welcomed. These people are labeled as lazy and outcasts. The doors change our notion of who they are, they are our guests. Faith is about a new perception of people. Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time , August 25, 2013.

Listen now: [audio https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/75239779/On%20The%20Margins/On%20The%20Margins%20Aug%2025%202013.mp3]

Stream live On The Margins on KBVM 88.3FM on Saturdays at 7am and Sundays at 8am.

The Year of Faith Retreat will be posted every month, from October 2012 through November 2013.

On The Margins – Luke: 12:49-53

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Listen to my weekly radio show, On the Margins. Jesus wants fire on earth, a real desire for faith. This image goes back to his own baptism. His real baptism was his death and resurrection. This fire is the reality that his suffering was going to bring new life. There will be division among people because suffering is not wanted or seen as a vehicle to faith . Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time , August 18, 2013.

Listen now: [audio https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/75239779/On%20The%20Margins/On%20the%20Margins%20Aug%2018%202013.mp3]

Stream live On The Margins on KBVM 88.3FM on Saturdays at 7am and Sundays at 8am.

The Year of Faith Retreat will be posted every month, from October 2012 through November 2013.

On The Margins – Luke: 12:32-48

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fr_ron_and_kbvm_readingbw1Listen to my weekly radio show, On the Margins. The treasure that is ours is the person of Christ Jesus. The search becomes the treasure. We are all on the search for Christ through our depression, anxiety and addictions. The work is from the gift of the Holy Spirit. The search, the relationship of Christ Jesus comes through people’s suffering and pain. The healing comes from the Holy Spirit. Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time , August 11, 2013.

Listen now: [audio https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/75239779/On%20The%20Margins/On%20The%20Margins%20Aug%2011%202013.mp3]

Stream live On The Margins on KBVM 88.3FM on Saturdays at 7am and Sundays at 8am.

The Year of Faith Retreat will be posted every month, from October 2012 through November 2013.

On The Margins – Luke: 12:13-21

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fr_ron_and_kbvm_readingbw1Listen to my weekly radio show, On the Margins. We need to have enough room for God in our lives. We cannot focus only on ourselves or only on our own security. We are responsible for living a life of integrity no matter how much we own. Our security rests in God alone, no matter how much we want to stock pile our goods. How is it we are learning to rely on God today?  Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time , August 4, 2013.

Listen now: [audio https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/75239779/On%20The%20Margins/On%20the%20Margins%20Aug%204%202013.mp3]

Stream live On The Margins on KBVM 88.3FM on Saturdays at 7am and Sundays at 8am.

The Year of Faith Retreat will be posted every month, from October 2012 through November 2013.

 

Year of Faith – August 2013

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Painting by Don Vogl.

Pope Benedict XVI  declared a Year of Faith to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Vatican II. In celebration of this moment of renewal, I have written a retreat for each month beginning October 11, 2012 through November 24, 2013. This three minute audio retreat is meant to focus on some essential aspects of our faith and to invite us into prayer. I hope you will enjoy the audio version as well as the written text during this year. Please join me now for this eleventh month of reflection and retreat, “Our lives for others”.

“Our faith must be lived for others.”

 

Listen now: [audio https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/75239779/Year%20of%20Faith/Year%20of%20Faith%20w-music%20August%202013.mp3]

Stream live on KBVM 88.3FM from October 2012 through November 2013. Music by: Maureen Briare, University of Portland

The Year of Faith Retreat is also available to read and pray throughout the year.

Ministry and Liturgy Magazine: August 2013 issue

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Ministry and Liturgy magazine, August 2013 issue

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Among dusty coins: preaching to the lost among us

Several years ago, I preached a parish mission in another state. At the early Mass on Sunday morning I noticed an attractive woman seemingly engaged in my homily. She was stately and well dressed yet she was rather jittery, shuffling her body from side to side in the pew. Her face carried a deep sadness that I noticed across the many pews that separated us. Her facial expressions changed rapidly as she reacted to my words. She wore a large, oversized, navy turtleneck shirt. The neck of the shirt was unrolled high up to her chin.

She attended the evening session of the mission as well. She wore a different colored turtleneck, jeans and boots. She seemed even more attentive to my words and I could tell even during the homily that she wanted to speak with me. After the session, she waited for people to leave. She approached me and began to open up about her story. Continue reading →

On The Margins – Luke: 11:1-13

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fr_ron_and_kbvm_readingbw1Listen to my weekly radio show, On the Margins. This gospel expresses our search for God and for meaning. We are to ask for our daily bread, our portion and place in life. So many people do not have their daily portion of bread, food or relationships. What does it mean for us to receive our daily portion, that which sustains us for the day? At the Eucharist, there is portion for all. Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 28, 2013.

Listen now: [audio https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/75239779/On%20The%20Margins/On%20The%20Margins%20July%2028%202013.mp3]

Stream live On The Margins on KBVM 88.3FM on Saturdays at 7am and Sundays at 8am.

The Year of Faith Retreat will be posted every month, from October 2012 through November 2013.

 

On The Margins – Luke 10:38-42

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Listen to my weekly radio show, On the Margins. This text clearly connects prayer and service. Hospitality means being open to the stranger, receiving people as they are. We come to a greater reliance on God through our suffering. We bring people around a common altar, all relying on the power of God. Martha and Mary become models of hospitality. Prayer and service is the central model of the Church. Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time , July 21, 2013.

Listen now: [audio https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/75239779/On%20The%20Margins/On%20the%20Margins%20July%2021%202013.mp3]

Stream live On The Margins on KBVM 88.3FM on Saturdays at 7am and Sundays at 8am.

The Year of Faith Retreat will be posted every month, from October 2012 through November 2013.