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Thursday Dec 05, 2024

491. The Gift of Advent with Fr. Boniface Hicks and Fr. Ryan Mann

Thursday Dec 05, 2024

Fr. Ryan welcomes back Fr. Boniface to the podcast as they discuss the gift of Advent, a time of preparation and waiting. They dive into gift giving, how our hearts respond this time of year, and what the Lord might be saying to us through the gifts we give and receive.

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Wednesday Dec 04, 2024

490. Fr. Ryan Homily - Be Aware of Your Heart

Wednesday Dec 04, 2024

Our hearts animate our lives and Jesus cautions us to not let our hearts become drowsy and anxious. What are we to do instead? Jesus asks us to be aware of our hearts and share with him what is going on in your heart.

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Tuesday Dec 03, 2024

489. Fr. Ryan Homily - Return With a Thankful Heart

Tuesday Dec 03, 2024

There is something off in the human heart when we don't give thanks. This is why Jesus asks the leper who returned giving thanks where the others went. There are deeper questions that we have and encounter when we give thanks.

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Tuesday Nov 26, 2024

487. Fr. Ryan Homily - Jesus is Lord

Tuesday Nov 26, 2024

When we go to Mass we reorder our lives from the things and people that reign over them to the true king, Jesus. What are those things that we allow to reign over us? How can we give them to Jesus and allow Him to order our lives?

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Thursday Nov 21, 2024

486. Eternal Rest - Praying for the Dead, Funerals, and Grief with Fr. Ryan and Don Ferfolia

Thursday Nov 21, 2024

Fr. Ryan welcomes Don Ferfolia of Ferfolia Funeral Homes to the podcast in this month of November as we especially remember to pray for the souls of those who have passed. The two discuss funerals, supporting those who have lost a loved one, how to accept support, planning, and tips for those grieving, especially around the holidays.

Ferfolia Funeral Homes: https://www.ferfoliafuneralhomes.com/

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Monday Nov 18, 2024

485. Fr. Ryan Homily - As We Await the Blessed Hope

Monday Nov 18, 2024

When we orient our lives on Christ, and not the restless anxiety that the world offers, we find that we wait for Him to come again in a blessed hope.

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Monday Nov 11, 2024

484. Year of Beauty Homily - Beauty Is a Sign

Monday Nov 11, 2024

Beauty is a sign of the world to come, and because of that, it is sad when it is gone. The beautiful fall leaves disappear, a moment is over, and those we love pass on. But these memories of beauty remind us that we are not made for this world, but for the world to come.

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Saturday Nov 09, 2024

483. Lessons in Discernment with Tommy Dome and Fr. Ryan

Saturday Nov 09, 2024

Fr. Ryan and Tommy sat down together to share lessons in discernment from their time in seminary together and experiences in life.

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Sunday Nov 03, 2024

482. Fr. Ryan Homily - Listen to My Word

Sunday Nov 03, 2024

The Lord asks us to "hear" and "listen" to Him as He speaks to us especially through His Word. Do we stop to listen? Or do we fill ourselves with every other kind of news and noise. What if this week we listened for Him each day?

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Thursday Oct 31, 2024

481. Fr. Ryan Talk - Our Hope Is in the Lord

Thursday Oct 31, 2024

As Christians, our hope is in Jesus Christ. Fr. Ryan shares with St. Basil Life Teen about Christian hope, how to find it, cling to it, and get out of a space of despair.

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Monday Oct 28, 2024

480. Fr. Ryan Homily - Throw Off Your Cloak

Monday Oct 28, 2024

In the Gospel we hear the healing of Bartimaeus, who throws away his cloak of comfort to respond to the Lord's call. Our vocation in life leads us to the joy of the life that God has to offer. How will we respond to that call?

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Thursday Oct 24, 2024

479. A Church at Prayer with Fr. Boniface Hicks and Fr. Ryan Mann

Thursday Oct 24, 2024

Fr. Ryan sits down with Fr. Boniface, acclaimed author, speaker, and spiritual director for a conversation about prayer. The two dive into different topics surrounding prayer including where to start, how to go deeper, and share personal stories about their own prayer life.

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Tuesday Oct 22, 2024

478. Fr. Ryan Homily - Jesus Loves the Angry

Tuesday Oct 22, 2024

Jesus doesn't dismiss anger and division, but rather He engages it. He draws close to those indignant with Him, and loves them. He calls us to bring the division in our hearts to Him.

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Monday Oct 07, 2024

475. Fr. Ryan Homily - Reclaiming Hearts

Monday Oct 07, 2024

There is a hardness within our hearts from pain, suffering, not being loved well, relationships, and more that the Lord desires to break through to reclaim our hearts. Jesus is not afraid of this, but He pushes through to disarm and heal our hearts.

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Monday Sep 16, 2024

471. Year of Beauty Homily - Beauty Draws Us

Monday Sep 16, 2024

"Beauty is seducing us, and without clinging to the finite, we must allow it to inspire our yearning for the Infinite, Beauty with a capital B. What must I do? I must be overcome by beauty, by beautiful things, by finding beauty everywhere.” (Albacete, Seduced and Sent)

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Thursday Sep 12, 2024

470. Fall Routines with Fr. Ryan Mann and Cari Reagan

Thursday Sep 12, 2024

As we enter into the fall, we are given time to begin new routines of prayer in our lives. We are encouraged to slow down and contemplate the beauty that surrounds us in our daily lives, from the changing colors of the leaves to the smile of a baby.

The Hallow App: https://hallow.com/

The Year of Beauty: http://basilthegreat.org/yearofbeauty

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Monday Sep 09, 2024

469. Fr. Ryan Homily - Be Open

Monday Sep 09, 2024

In the Gospel, Jesus tells the man "be open," but the place that most needs to be open is not his eyes and mouth, but is the place that is caught up in isolation. He wants you to be open too. He wants to take you away from the crowds so you can be seen, loved, and open to Him.

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Tuesday Sep 03, 2024

468. Fr. Ryan Homily - He Loves Where It Hurts

Tuesday Sep 03, 2024

What purifies us is that God approaches us in Jesus. The purification we need comes through the encounter with Christ, coming so close that he can heal, purify, and transform us. Jesus always wants to go to the very place that is imperfect, our heart, and bring His healing love.

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Monday Aug 26, 2024

466. Fr. Ryan Homily - Power That Loves

Monday Aug 26, 2024

When a man gets down on one knee to ask for a woman's hand in marriage, he takes a humble posture, waiting patiently for her response. The Lord does the same for us in each Mass, offering Himself, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity to us in the Eucharist, and like the woman being proposed to, we respond to that love, that comes humbly and patiently, with a resounding "Yes" and "Amen!"

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Monday Aug 19, 2024

463. Fr. Ryan Homily - The Foremost Holy Day of Obligation

Monday Aug 19, 2024

Many of us attend Mass on the weekends "because we have to" and do not fully understand what the Church is asking of us in the Sunday Obligation. The Catechism says "Sunday is to be observed as the foremost Holy Day of Obligation" (CCC 2192). As we better understand the Sunday Obligation, we can come to Mass with open hearts ready to receive our Lord, and be nourished for the week ahead.

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Monday Aug 12, 2024

461. Fr. Ryan Homily - Familiarity Breeds Contempt

Monday Aug 12, 2024

The familiar can often become so normal to us that we don't realize its awesomeness. When we come to Mass, we wear beautiful vestments, have beautiful music, and are in a beautiful space because it points to something more. God wants to draw near to us, so that we might know Him as our Father, a good dad.

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Monday Aug 12, 2024

460. Fr. Ryan Talk - Lay Ministers on Fire Talk 3

Monday Aug 12, 2024

This is the first in a series of talks Fr. Ryan gave during a Lay Ecclesial Ministers retreat in the Diocese of Cleveland. In this talk, Fr. Ryan helps us to reflect on ourselves as gift, looking at the Communion within the Church, and how we need one another to be the body of Christ together.

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Thursday Aug 08, 2024

459. Fr. Ryan Talk - Lay Ministers on Fire Talk 2

Thursday Aug 08, 2024

This is the first in a series of talks Fr. Ryan gave during a Lay Ecclesial Ministers retreat in the Diocese of Cleveland. In this talk, Fr. Ryan helps us to reflect on our inner child, how they've been hurt and how to bring the Lord in to heal us.

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Wednesday Aug 07, 2024

458. Fr. Ryan Talk - Lay Ministers on Fire Talk 1

Wednesday Aug 07, 2024

This is the first in a series of talks Fr. Ryan gave during a Lay Ecclesial Ministers retreat in the Diocese of Cleveland. In this talk, Fr. Ryan shares the story of Hagar, and how from this story we can learn about how to be vulnerable with God.

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Monday Aug 05, 2024

457. Fr. Ryan Homily - Food for the Journey

Monday Aug 05, 2024

Baptism frees us from the slavery to sin and puts us on the journey to heaven. Jesus gives us Himself as food for the journey. The Eucharist helps us to live the Gospel, the Catholic life and is a pledge of future glory. With it, we can live in this world, destined for the world to come.

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Monday Jul 29, 2024

456. Fr. Ryan Homily - Becoming Beloved Children

Monday Jul 29, 2024

As we read through John 6 over the next few weeks, we will be reflecting on the Bread of Life Discourse. We begin with the feeding of the 5000 where we see Phillip and Andrew show us how we are "structurally disproportionate." That instead, we should imitate the child, who shows us that faith is not a burden, its the joy of becoming beloved children again.

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Wednesday Jul 24, 2024

455. Sacred Timing: The Catholic Perspective on Fertility Awareness with Jen Ricard

Wednesday Jul 24, 2024

During National NFP Week, Fr. Ryan sat down with Jen Ricard for a conversation on Fertility Awareness. They discuss how it has impacted Jen's life and marriage, some of the challenges of NFP, and offer hope and guidance to those discerning NFP for their marriage.

NFP Resources:

Intro into Different Methods of NFP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twcnJ5jPZyE
Northeast Ohio Natural Family Planning
Part of the national Couple to Couple League, NEO-NFP provides local classes in the Sympto-Thermal method and pairs you with a mentor. https://www.neo-nfp.com/main/
Veranova Health
Located in Middleburg Heights, Veranova offers classes for teens and adult women at any stage in life in the various evidence based methods. https://www.veranovahealth.org/learning-to-chart/
Use NFP
Gina Haas is a registered and licensed dietitian and Marquette Method Instructor, who loves talking about all things related to nutrition, fertility and prayer. Her goal is to help women understand the connection between nutrition and fertility, and how prayer can help you succeed with both. https://www.usenfp.com/
FAbM Base
A database that provides practical resources to women and couples in an effort to minimize barriers to understanding their options of care related to their fertility and to find support in the practice. https://fabmbase.org/
Natural Womanhood
A women's health literacy initiative that exists to help women discover safe, side effect-free natural birth control options. https://naturalwomanhood.org/
Ascension Presents: Jackie and Bobby Angel
- Why We Love NFP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zurYP8yj26U&t=50s&pp=ygUMY2F0aG9saWMgbmZw
- Why We Hate NFP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgXKbF4Q5A0&pp=ygUMY2F0aG9saWMgbmZw

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Monday Jul 22, 2024

454. Fr. Ryan Homily - Rest Brings Us to Unity

Monday Jul 22, 2024

There is a great amount of disunity in our world, but we need to rely on Jesus to be our unity, He alone is our Savior. To listen to Him, He calls us to go away and rest for awhile, which brings about unity and peace in our hearts and in our world.

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Monday Jul 15, 2024

453. Fr. Ryan Homily - I Know What You’re Looking For

Monday Jul 15, 2024

Often we have an inadequate understanding of God, not bad, just not the full realization of who He is and His plan for us. St. Paul's letter to the Ephesians is a great place for us to begin to learn, so that when we are talking with friends and family who are searching we are able to say "I Know What You're Looking For."

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Wednesday Jul 10, 2024

452. The Big Reveal

Wednesday Jul 10, 2024

Didn't make it to The Big Reveal? Listen to the audio from Fr. Ryan's presentation of the updating happening in our Church starting early 2025!

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Monday Jul 08, 2024

451. Fr. Ryan Homily - Breaking out of Our Set Ways

Monday Jul 08, 2024

We have and fall into rituals and routines in our daily lives, and we don't like to stray from them. The Lord meets us in them and asks us to break out of our box and encounter Him. When we are able to break out of our set ways, we have a different story than Jesus' hometown crowd, and mighty deeds can be done in our lives.

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Monday Jul 01, 2024

450. Fr. Ryan Homily - The Devil Lurks in Our Busyness

Monday Jul 01, 2024

As Catholics, we believe in things seen and unseen. As much as Mary, the Saints, angels, the Lord are constantly at work in our lives, so are the evil spirits and the devil. Satan wants you totally divorced from God. In our busyness, he keeps us from the Lord, so we call on St. Michael and other holy men and women to help us fight against the attacks of the devil.

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Monday Jun 24, 2024

449. Fr. Ryan Homily - We Know Who Is in Our Boat

Monday Jun 24, 2024

Throughout all of the storms in our lives, the Lord, the Almighty One, is right there in the boat with you. When we cry out "do you not care that we are perishing?” He responds, showing us that He has been right their with us through it all.

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Tuesday Jun 18, 2024

448. Fr. Ryan Homily - Judgement and Mercy

Tuesday Jun 18, 2024

The Lord sits in heaven on the judgement seat, but from there He extends an overflow of mercy to us. It is not judgement or mercy, but both, together. We never graduate from the prayer "Lord Have Mercy," but pray it sincerely each day, that the Lord in His kindness, knowing our faults and failings, lavishes His mercy upon us.

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Monday Jun 17, 2024

447. The Big Reveal Podcast with Fr. Ryan and Stephanie

Monday Jun 17, 2024

Fr. Ryan Mann sits down with Director of Music Ministry Stephanie Baka to discuss The Big Reveal. In 2025, St. Basil the Great Church will go through an update to refresh and renew the Church building. This update has been covered in prayer by many, and Fr. Ryan and Stephanie discuss the changes to the Church and more about Stephanie's story.

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Thursday Jun 13, 2024

445. Fr. Ryan Homily - God Reveals Himself

Thursday Jun 13, 2024

The creation story is foundational to our understanding of who we are as children of God. Fr. Ryan walks us through the creation story line by line so that we might understand what the Father is telling us about who we are to Him.

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Wednesday Jun 12, 2024

444. Reflections on Fatherhood

Wednesday Jun 12, 2024

Fr. Ryan Mann is joined by his parochial vicar Fr. Liptak as they discuss their 10 and 1 year anniversaries of priesthood, respectively. Their share how the Lord has worked in their hearts and taught them to be fathers for their flock.

Restore the Glory Podcast from the John Paul II Healing Center: https://www.restoretheglorypodcast.com/

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Monday Jun 03, 2024

443. Fr. Ryan Homily - Sharing Life Together

Monday Jun 03, 2024

The first disciples were apprentices and lived with their master. They learned the trade, and mimicked the master's life. Through the Eucharist, Jesus calls us too to live with Him and share every aspect of life, the joyful and sorrowful mysteries, with Him as we live in communion with Him.

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Tuesday May 28, 2024

442. Fr. Ryan Homily - What Are You Immersed In?

Tuesday May 28, 2024

There is a difference between knowing about someone and knowing someone. Throughout Salvation History, God has given us opportunities to know Him more and more. Jesus came into this world, vulnerability, that we might be able to be so close to Him that we might immerse ourselves in His very Life.

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Sunday May 26, 2024

441. Fr. Ryan Welcomes Cari Reagan - Digital Ministries Coordinator

Sunday May 26, 2024

Fr. Ryan welcomes Cari Reagan as our new Digital Ministries Coordinator as Lisa López moves on from St. Basil. In this interview, we get to know Cari, her story, and how she ended up here with us at St. Basil the Great Catholic Church in Brecksville, Ohio.

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Friday May 24, 2024

440. First Communion Homily - Fed by Love

Friday May 24, 2024

We need food to sustain us and keep us from getting hangry. However, we need the Bread of Life to feed us so that we can live lives of love, joy, and peace. Fr. Ryan preached this Homily at the 2024 First Communion Masses.

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Monday May 20, 2024

439. Fr. Ryan Homily - The Transforming Power of the Holy Spirit

Monday May 20, 2024

As we celebrate the birthday of the Church this Pentecost, the living organism that we are called to be a part of, we are reminded that being a Christian is a transformation. The Holy Spirit animates us changes us to become another Jesus in this world.

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Monday May 13, 2024

438. Fr. Ryan Homily - Living With Jesus All Day Long

Monday May 13, 2024

Jesus enters the world through a woman and exits through the Ascension. Like Mary, we are called to be Christ bearers bringing Jesus into the world.

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Monday May 06, 2024

437. Fr. Ryan's Recap - France Pilgrimage 2024

Monday May 06, 2024

In this lively episode, Father Ryan shares stories from St. Basil's unforgettable parish pilgrimage in France. Tune in for a lighthearted blend of adventure and spirituality as his journey unfolds in vivid detail.

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Monday May 06, 2024

436. Fr. Ryan Homily - More Than a Slogan

Monday May 06, 2024

"God loves you" goes beyond a simplistic slogan; it embodies a transformative reality. God's love has the profound ability to unlock our hearts, awakening us to deeper truths and potentials within the complexities of life. Lord, will you love me here?

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What part of you needs a lot of love today?

Where in your life do you feel the need to be really cared for?

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Monday Apr 15, 2024

434. Fr. Ryan Homily - Particulars Matter

Monday Apr 15, 2024

We experience the fullness of the good news of Jesus through our participation in Mass. In this sacred gathering, Jesus connects with us in a unique and meaningful way, infusing our lives with His presence, particularly through the Sacramental Life of the Church.

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Monday Apr 08, 2024

432. Fr. Ryan Homily - Divine Mercy Revealed

Monday Apr 08, 2024

On Divine Mercy Sunday, we celebrate the profound grace of receiving mercy. This feast reminds us of the transformative power of God's mercy in our lives, as we seek forgiveness and reconciliation with Him. We, too, are called to extend this same compassion and forgiveness to others in our lives.

Reflection Questions:

Who has shown you mercy when you needed it most?
Who is the Lord asking you to have mercy on?

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Thursday Apr 04, 2024

431. What We Can Learn From the Total Solar Eclipse w/ Fr. Ryan & Lisa López

Thursday Apr 04, 2024

On Monday, April 8, 2024, Cleveland, Ohio, will be in the path of totality for the solar eclipse. Tune in as we explore the intersection of faith and science, delving into the rich symbolism and theological insights that emerge when Catholicism encounters the wonders of the universe.

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Tuesday Apr 02, 2024

430. Fr. Ryan Easter Sunday Homily - Christ Our Hope

Tuesday Apr 02, 2024

God became one of us, died as one of us, and rose as one of us. His resurrection assures us that no matter the depths of suffering or adversity we face, there is always the promise of new life and the assurance of His abiding presence. Hallelujah.

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