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Homilies, talks, and interviews from Saint Basil the Great Roman Catholic Church in Brecksville, Ohio, USA. https://linktr.ee/stbasilthegr8
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Monday Jan 12, 2026
Monday Jan 12, 2026
We can often believe that there is a limit to the Father's love, just like you can only get so many ice cream samples. But neither are the case, and we believe that we don't deserve to be immersed in the love that we are baptized into.
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Tuesday Jan 06, 2026
Tuesday Jan 06, 2026
The wisemen follow the star that brings others to Jesus, and often we contemplate who or what led us to Jesus, but how often are we aware of who we are leading to Jesus? We can be that star, that light, in the lives of our loved ones, introducing them to the one who loves, heals, and changes our lives.
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Monday Jan 05, 2026
Monday Jan 05, 2026
As we celebrate the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, we reflect on how we can make this year the best year yet. The Lord wants us to have the best, how are we holding ourselves back from all his good gifts?
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Monday Dec 29, 2025
Monday Dec 29, 2025
Our homes and families are called to mirror the Holy Family, which can sound quite overwhelming at first. But when we look to the example of St. Joseph, we learn that spending time in silence, listening for God, is the model for families. It is in that silence that our hearts are filled, and we can best serve our families.
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Monday Dec 29, 2025
Monday Dec 29, 2025
On Christmas we celebrate a God who became little, like us, entering into our world, lives, and mess, so that we would know that we don't have to hide ourselves from Him, but can share our struggles, hurts, wounds, and weakness with the newborn King.
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Monday Dec 22, 2025
Monday Dec 22, 2025
There are those in our lives that need the gift of peace from us more than anything this holiday season. Jesus calls us to be instruments of peace as we share a smile, a compliment, or offer forgiveness to those in our lives most in need of it.
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Monday Dec 15, 2025
Monday Dec 15, 2025
In the Gospel Jesus proclaims, blessed are those who take offense in me. As we get closer to the holidays, we are reminded of these words, that when we encounter someone or something other than what we want, that it may be Jesus in disguise, and reflect on how to love best.
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Monday Dec 08, 2025
Monday Dec 08, 2025
In the season of Advent, we await the hope of new life, the baby Jesus coming at Christmas. In that hope, we are given the freedom to dream, dream of a life more wonderful than we can imagine, eternity, with God.
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Tuesday Dec 02, 2025
Tuesday Dec 02, 2025
As we begin the season of Advent, we are reminded to stay awake and be ready for when Jesus comes again. As we wait in the silence and stillness, He comes to us, if only we stay awake to hear Him.
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Monday Dec 01, 2025
Monday Dec 01, 2025
We gather to give thanks for every good gift, which ultimately comes from God above.
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Monday Nov 24, 2025
Monday Nov 24, 2025
As we celebrate the feast of Christ the King, we reflect on Jesus's authority in our lives. We can be often confused with the idea of authority, especially that of a king, but when we live within Jesus's authority, we live in the right order of the kingdom.
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Monday Nov 17, 2025
Monday Nov 17, 2025
As we hear Jesus preach to us about the end times, we can quickly go into one of two camps, either no one is getting into heaven, or everyone is getting into heaven. But when we realize that we have a God full of mercy and hope, we can prepare ourselves and those around us for heaven, knowing of the mercy of God and the hope of being with Him again in heaven.
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Monday Nov 10, 2025
Monday Nov 10, 2025
As we celebrate the dedication of St. John Lateran Basilica, we reflect on our churches and church building and how we treat our holy places. Do we get distracted, making them feel like the marketplace in the Gospels, or do we show the Lord the honor of the holy places, leaving room for Him to come?
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Monday Nov 03, 2025
Monday Nov 03, 2025
At the end of our lives, we go one of three places. Heaven with God, hell, away from God, or purgatory, a time of cleansing before meeting God. The way we lives now prepares us for eternal life, how are we preparing ourselves for heaven?
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Monday Oct 27, 2025
Monday Oct 27, 2025
Pope Francis called for priests to minister to the poor, but while important to serve the materially poor, he meant priests for spiritual poverty. How can we encourage priests and be open to them ministering to the poor places in our own hearts?
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Monday Oct 20, 2025
Monday Oct 20, 2025
There are many things that compete for our attention when we pray, our preoccupations, technology, to do lists, and more. The Catechism describes prayer as a battle, how do we ready ourselves for that battle?
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Monday Oct 13, 2025
Monday Oct 13, 2025
We see beautiful churches and are stopped in our tracks at the grandeur that they speak to our worship. When that becomes the norm, and no longer stops us in our tracks, what can we do to reignite our worship?
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Monday Sep 29, 2025
Monday Sep 29, 2025
Sometimes our world feels so black and white, but in the Christian life we find so often that it is not always either/or, but both/and.
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Wednesday Sep 24, 2025
Wednesday Sep 24, 2025
Jesus tells us in the Gospel, you cannot love both God and mammon. How do we look at our money, and in trust give it back to the Lord?
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Monday Sep 15, 2025
Monday Sep 15, 2025
It is through the lens of the cross that the suffering of the world is redeemed. In a world marked with sin, sickness, suffering, and death, let us draw close to our Lord and hold tight to the Cross.
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Monday Sep 08, 2025
Monday Sep 08, 2025
The Lord asks us to leave behind everything to follow Him. When we put other things in the way of following Him, we don't allow for the rush of His love to fall on us. How can we truly allow the overwhelming love of the Trinity to fall on us?
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Tuesday Sep 02, 2025
Tuesday Sep 02, 2025
Little girls twirl around and ask "am I beautiful?" Little boys wrestle and wonder, "am I strong?" As we grow, the need for love and validation doesn't go away. Do we allow the Lord to see us and love us?
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Monday Aug 25, 2025
Monday Aug 25, 2025
As we think about our own stories, there are sorrowful, glorious, joyful, and luminous mysteries that have shaped who we are. Jesus cares about those stories, and wants to understand your heart even more. Can you take the time to sit with Him and share?
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Monday Aug 18, 2025
Monday Aug 18, 2025
The fire of the Holy Spirit burns within us and animates us, so that when we encounter division we can call upon Him to be with us and bring His love to the world.
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Monday Aug 18, 2025
Monday Aug 18, 2025
Through Mary, we are given access to Jesus. She gives of herself to her Son, saying "this is my body," so that He in turn is able to give the ultimate gift of himself to us, saying "this is My body."
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Monday Aug 11, 2025
Monday Aug 11, 2025
Our society tells us we need the next thing, fast, bright, shiny, and loud. But what would happen if we waited, and allowed silence to come into our lives and make profound change?
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Monday Aug 04, 2025
Monday Aug 04, 2025
There are different parts of our hearts that work together like a symphony, and though some parts are ready for God to come and be present, other parts are not. What are the parts of us that are not ready for God? And how can we begin to work on opening those parts up to God?
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Monday Jul 28, 2025
Monday Jul 28, 2025
In our hearts are many desires, and often we can feel like they are unfulfilled. Do we truly know what it means to give those desires to our Father, a good dad, who wants to give us everything?
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Monday Jul 21, 2025
Monday Jul 21, 2025
In the story of Mary and Martha, Jesus calls Martha out of herself and her serving to relaxation and prayer. What is it that we need to be called out of? Fights with a friend? Anxieties about work? Messy homes? Allow Jesus to call you out of it and into His peace.
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Monday Jul 14, 2025
Monday Jul 14, 2025
Who is Jesus? When encounter Him, who is He? Our Lord? Our God? Or our very breath? May we come to know Jesus so closely that He be our very breath.
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Monday Jul 07, 2025
Monday Jul 07, 2025
As the faithful, we do the work of God in our everyday life. At St. Basil, this comes in many ways through many hands in many ministries.
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Monday Jun 30, 2025
Monday Jun 30, 2025
Jesus asked Peter and Paul important questions in their journeys of faith. As we sit with Jesus, will we put down our guards and allow him to ask us "why?"
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Monday Jun 23, 2025
Monday Jun 23, 2025
As we gather together around the altar, we approach the Eucharist not merely as individuals, but as a family.
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Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
Guest priest, Fr. Eric Garris, vocation director for the Diocese of Cleveland, shares an inspiring message, helping us to realize that in our givenness, the way we give ourselves to others, we find joy, peace, and the very heart of God.
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Monday Jun 16, 2025
Monday Jun 16, 2025
We often misconstrue holiness for perfection or the chorus of angels singing around us. But holiness looks like living out our everyday life well, and sharing our joy with the Lord.
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Wednesday Jun 11, 2025
Wednesday Jun 11, 2025
Sometimes the Holy Spirit comes in loud, flashy ways. But often, the Holy Spirit comes in the quiet, gently, helping us through our day, if we are attune to promptings of the Spirit.
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Tuesday Jun 10, 2025
Tuesday Jun 10, 2025
When we call upon the Holy Spirit, the Lord rushes to our aid to be near, inspire, and lead us through life. We become more and more like the Lord each time we call upon His name.
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Monday Jun 09, 2025
Monday Jun 09, 2025
As we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost, we cry out "Come Holy Spirit!" as we ask the Holy Spirit to be present in our lives, guide us, and come in our time of need.
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Monday Jun 02, 2025
Monday Jun 02, 2025
As we celebrate Christ's Ascension, we remember that He has overcome death and awaits us in heaven. We also celebrate the anointing of the sick knowing that though our bodies decay, the promise of heaven gives us hope.
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Tuesday May 27, 2025
Tuesday May 27, 2025
The magisterium of the Church, the Pope and the bishops, set teachings for us to live by. While to some, this may seem overbearing, in reality, living within the rules they set allows us to live in the great freedom that Christ gives.
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Monday May 19, 2025
Monday May 19, 2025
In life, we face hardships, and we can either let them knock us down, or we can face them with the Lord and invite him into our struggles.
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Wednesday May 14, 2025
Wednesday May 14, 2025
As a Church, Pope Leo XIV has called us to care for those in need, which we do together as a Church, as mothers caring for their children or as brothers and sisters caring for one another through Catholic Charities.
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Tuesday May 06, 2025
Tuesday May 06, 2025
In the Acts of the Apostles, the apostles show us how to act on what the Lord tells us. We too, can listen to the voice of God and be His messengers in the world.
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Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Fr. Jeffrey Liptak gives us a deeper look into Christ's peace on Divine Mercy Sunday.
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Monday Apr 21, 2025
Monday Apr 21, 2025
The empty tomb is a sign that Jesus' Resurrection does more than just address the voids of unfulfillment in our lives.
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Friday Apr 18, 2025
Friday Apr 18, 2025
Suffering can make us bitter or better.
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Friday Apr 18, 2025
Friday Apr 18, 2025
How humble and necessary it is to let ourselves be loved.
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Tuesday Apr 15, 2025
Tuesday Apr 15, 2025
Tragedy or Triumph? How is the betrayal and murder of Jesus something to be celebrated?
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Monday Apr 07, 2025
Monday Apr 07, 2025
We were deemed very good, then deemed flawed and fallen, but Jesus gets the last word.
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Monday Mar 31, 2025
Monday Mar 31, 2025
"God has reconciled us to himself through Christ." Sounds great, but what does that mean?
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