St. Basil Catholic Church Brecksville Podcast

298. Fr. Ryan Homily - Making Your Domain part of God’s Kingdom

God's story reveals His identity and the part you play in it.

296. Fr. Ryan Homily - Dealing w/ Rejection: 2 Alternatives

"Shall we call down fire upon them?!?" vs. "Let's keep walking."

295. Fr. Ryan Homily - Overcoming Wounds with Eucharistic Medicine

Father's Day & Corpus Christi 2022.  Cultural examples from TV over the years of wounded, small fathers who are not admired but only laughed at.  

292. Fr. Ryan Homily - 3-Word Prayer to Accept the Gift that has been Waiting

Pentecost - the greatest gift is the gift of a Person

291. Fr. Ryan Homily - Ascension: Taking our Humanity to Heaven

Preparing a place and giving us hope, rather than ditching a messy world.

290. Fr. Ryan Homily - Stepping Away to Raise Your Eyes to Heaven

God did not design us to be machines

289. Fr. Ryan Homily - Cross Precedes Glory: Paschal Mystery in Real Life

Concrete examples in everyday life of picking up the Cross on the way to Glory

288. Fr. Ryan Homily - The Many Motherhoods that Bring Forth Life

The Church is a Mother too, in all the fullness of motherhood - tender, merciful, encouraging, challenging, loving

286. Fr. Ryan Homily - Hesed: Shown to Us to be Shown to Others

Forgiveness different than reconciliation

284. Fr. Ryan Homily - Resurrection: The Only Thing That Makes Sense of Our Limitless Desires

You are no fool for wanting it all.  Easter Sunday 2022.

283. Fr. Ryan Homily - The Goodness of Good Friday

The wonder isn't in the suffering and evil, but in the response to it.

282. Fr. Ryan Homily -The Unimpressive God? Holy Thursday 2022

Why would the Lord of the Universe become unimpressive?

281. Fr. Ryan Homily - God’s Descent into Weakness Brings Life out of Our Tombs

We look at what we value, and this week God directs our gaze to what He values.

280. Fr. Ryan Homily - Not Less Afraid, But More Brave

Facing fears...

279. Fr. Ryan Homily - Unfolding the Crumpled Up Masterpiece

After the condemnation dissipates, her true identity emerges once again.  

278. Fr. Ryan Homily - Cycle A Readings: The Flesh is the Hinge

Sacraments are Jesus reaching us with His saving physical touch.

276. Porn - Fr. Ryan speaks to Young Men

Fr. Ryan addresses a group of young men about porn at the 2022 Young Catholic Men's Conference www.ycmc.us

275. Fr. Ryan Homily - The Lord is ”Kinda” Merciful?

How do repentance and mercy go together?

274. Here’s What God said during 7 Days of Silence - Fr. Ryan Mann

Fr. Ryan shares the fruits of a 7-day silent retreat and reminds us of the Church's annual retreat - Lent.

Links mentioned in this podcast:

Jesuit Retreat Center

Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine in Euclid, OH

Poor Clare Nuns in Cleveland, OH

271. Can’t I just have Faith IN Science? w/ Fr. Ryan

Why do I need anything more than science?

264. Parish Family and Pandemic - Dialogue w/ Fr. Ryan

Fr. Ryan takes questions after presenting the Joyful, Sorrowful, and Glorious Mysteries of our parish life in the past 2 years.  

263. Fr. Ryan Homily - Four Types of Love

Divine power released into the world

262. Fr. Ryan Homily - In the Sacred Books The Father who is in Heaven meets his children with great love and speaks to them

What the Scriptures really are.

259. Fr. Ryan Homily - Here’s an Indicator as to Whether You Know the Love of the Father...

Receiving and pouring, receiving and pouring...

258. Fr. Ryan Homily - In The Wilderness No One Needs To Put On a Show

Why is Jesus standing in line for Baptism like everyone else?

257. Fr. Ryan Homily - The Deeper Meaning of the Gift

The 3 Wise men weren't just nice guys bringing gifts to a baby.

256. Fr. Ryan’s Homily - Distraction or Revelation?

Christmas homily - The highest beauty entering the lowest of places.

255. Fr. Ryan Homily - Union Begins at this Surprising Point of Contact.

Fr. Ryan Christmas Homily 2021

254. Fr. Ryan Homily - EGO - Elbowing God Out

What is too loud about this week that needs to be quieted down?

253. Fr. Ryan Homily - Even Jesus Rick Rolls

What song is God singing over me?

252. Fr. Ryan Homily - Preparing for a Day vs. Preparing for a Person

This Advent lean into Silence, working on Sin, and Service.  

250. Fr. Ryan Parish Reboot Night 3 - The Pledge of Future Glory

Are our hearts prepared to receive the greatest gift?

249. Fr. Ryan Parish Reboot Night 2 - There is Only One You

Our neediness is a gift because it offers God the chance to be our everything.  Here are links to Video 1, Video 2, Video 3 referenced in the talk.

247. Fr. Ryan Parish Reboot Night 1 - Our Hearts in a Heartbroken World

What are our hearts telling us?  Here are Video 1 and Video 2 shown during the night.

246. Fr. Ryan Homily - What do we do between the Fullness of Time and the End Time?

Time, time, time.

244. Fr. Ryan Homily - Jesus, Lord of the Universe.....but Lord of my Life?

There are 2 Kingdoms, 2 armies, 2 destinies.

242. Fr. Ryan Homily - Removing the Veil on talk about The End Times

The End is Near?  The end of what?

239. Fr. Ryan Homily - The Heart of a Shepherd

Beauty, Needs, and Wants for our parish and the diocese.

238. Things God Never Says w/ Fr. Ryan Mann & Fr. Scott Harter

Lots of laughs as Fr. Scott Harter and Fr. Ryan Mann share spiritual direction insights in this fun conversation with powerful implications.

237. Fr. Ryan Homily - Don‘t Put on the Mask, The Lord Loves the Needy

Homily on Halloween ties in the spiritual life and the Lord's posture to us.  

236. Fr. Ryan Homily - All Saints Day: Always God and His People

Not just one saint today, but the fact that God always wants a human community gathered with Him.

233. Fr. Ryan speaks on the Heart of a Shepherd

Meeting the needs of the diocese and our parish.  See the video here.  And donate here.

232. Fr. Ryan Homily - Amidst the Crowd‘s Voices, He Hears Childlike Vulnerability

A deep look into the healing of the blind man and our own reticence to cry out.

229. Fr. Ryan Homily - Searching for My Weakness to Accompany and Understand

The Lord who knows, who really knows.  

227. Fr. Ryan Homily - Too Busy for God? How to Begin...

How much should I pray?  How do I approach God?  How do I get started?

225. Fr. Ryan Homily - Marriage & Divorce - Receiving the Lord into the Pain

What is the cause of every divorce?

223. Fr. Ryan Homily - The Unique Technicolor of Being Catholic

There are so many beautiful different ways of being one certain thing.  

221. Fr. Ryan Homily - The Posture of an Orphan vs. Child of the Father

Who among us is the greatest?  The one with the greatest talents?

218. Fr. Ryan Homily - How close? How close will I let Him come?

Our Lord transforms and heals by coming in the flesh in the here and now.  Doctors heal with touch.

216. Fr. Ryan Homily - From Behavior Modification to Inner Transformation

Christianity is not about following a list of rules, but about growing in participation in God's own life & holiness.  2 Peter 1:4