St. Basil Catholic Church Brecksville Podcast

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

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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461. Fr. Ryan Homily - Familiarity Breeds Contempt

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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457. Fr. Ryan Homily - Food for the Journey

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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456. Fr. Ryan Homily - Becoming Beloved Children

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

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

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

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

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

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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448. Fr. Ryan Homily - Judgement and Mercy

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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445. Fr. Ryan Homily - God Reveals Himself

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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443. Fr. Ryan Homily - Sharing Life Together

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

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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440. First Communion Homily - Fed by Love

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

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

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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436. Fr. Ryan Homily - More Than a Slogan

"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?

Reflections:

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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434. Fr. Ryan Homily - Particulars Matter

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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433. Deacon Dave Homily - Thank You for Your Ministry

Our hearts brim with appreciation as Deacon Dave gives his farewell homily. Thank you for your ministry and years of guiding us with unwavering devotion and grace.

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432. Fr. Ryan Homily - Divine Mercy Revealed

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.

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

 

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

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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429. Fr. Ryan Good Friday Homily - A Person, Not a Value, Hangs on the Cross

Trust in the crucified One, Jesus. 

 

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428. Fr. Ryan Holy Thursday Homily - The Redeemer Is Still Redeeming

Surrendering brings a flood of God's redeeming love. 

 

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427. Fr. Ryan Homily - He Enters Your ‘Why?'

"My God, my God, why...,"  Jesus takes on our "why" so that the places in our heart experiencing pain and suffering may be joined to Him. This Holy Week, let us dive into our human experience by asking "why" so that we may enter into the depths of utter holiness with God. 

 

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425. Fr. Ryan Homily - Death Has No Power Over Us

The story of Lazarus in the Gospel reminds us that death has no power over us - instead, Jesus has power over death. In Jesus, there is a life stronger than death.

 

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423. Fr. Ryan Homily - Come and Find the One Who Can Satisfy

Our past mistakes, brokenness, and weaknesses do not disqualify us from God's love.  The story of the Samaritan woman at the well is an example of Jesus speaking into her past with reverence, compassion, and love in order to draw her into His healing and transformative powers. 

 

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421. Fr. Ryan Homily - Really Listening to Jesus + Lenten Challenge

To truly listen to Jesus is to invite His presence into our lives. It is through this attentive listening that we find nourishment for our souls, strength for our journey, and the assurance of His unwavering love. Through the Gospels, we encounter the living Word of God, speaking directly to our hearts with timeless relevance and divine authority.

416. Fr. Ryan Homily - The First Part of Lent: Compunction

During Lent, let us embrace the liberating truth that true freedom is found in living like Jesus. It's a time for our hearts to be laid bare, our egos punctured, so that the real us, vulnerable and open to God's love, can emerge.

415. Fr. Ryan Homily - Jesus Heals the Whole Person + Catholic Charities Appeal

By welcoming, seeing, and loving, Jesus healed the leper, embracing him as a whole person. May we, too, welcome and cherish all whom society shuns, knowing that in love's embrace, healing begins.

413. Fr. Ryan Homily - Jesus' Plea to Save Us

Jesus wants to save us from the pain of hell and help us enter into an eternal life filled with beauty, goodness, friendship, and more. 

411. Fr. Ryan Homily - The Greatest Place to Be for Our Humanity

Following the Lord means living a rich adventure of tasting real moments of fulfillment and longing for more. 

410. Fr. Ryan Homily - Lord, What Are You Trying to Show Me?

God's communication of love to our hearts speaks to us in ways we will understand. The thoughts, memories, people, and feelings that come to mind may not be distractions.

409. Fr. Ryan Homily - Journeying Like the Magi to Discover Jesus

You're invited to see yourself in the Magi and go on a journey from the known into the unknown to find hope, peace, joy, and more through Jesus.  

405. Fr. Ryan Homily - A Really Good Mom and a Really Good Dad

Our inclusion into the Holy Family gives us the freedom to be reliant children. 

404. Fr. Ryan Homily - The Deepest Part of Who We Are is No Longer a Mystery

Christmas shows us the way to be like the Godbaby - tender, vulnerable, gentle.

403. Fr. Ryan Homily - The Power of Recognizing the One Among Us

Is it about preparing for a day? Or preparing for a Person? 

402. Fr. Ryan Homily - Which One is the Real Me?

Learn to turn your yearn heavenwards.

401. Fr. Ryan Homily - On the Lookout for a Beautiful Moment

Watchful on the 1st Sunday of Advent

400. Fr. Ryan Homily - Being Honest with the God Who is Honest with Us

Living in the age of freedom and its consequences

399. Fr. Ryan Homily - The Dignity and Beauty of a Job Well Done

Surprise!  Jesus has a different view of work than we do.

398. Fr. Ryan Homily - Both the Human and Divine make us Fully Alive

Check your balance.

397. Fr. Ryan Homily - All Saints Day - When We will all be One

Perfect interpersonal communion between humans and with God

396. Fr. Ryan Homily - Imitating Others to Become Yourself

From inspiration to imitation to freedom to be who God intended

395. Fr. Ryan Homily - You are not a burden to God. You belong to God.

God isn't omnipresent simply because that's His nature.  He's everywhere so that you can never be far away.

394. Fr. Ryan Homily - When Guests become Spouses

393. Fr. Ryan Homily - What Happens when You Look at a Crucifix

How could that be "the beautiful place"?

391. Fr. Ryan Homily - God enters All Human Realities, Even Politics

Separation?  God came to bridge separations and unite us in the love that sees every life as sacred.

390. Fr. Ryan Homily - Church & Politics

Political matters are human matters.  God made and loves humans.  He's provided guidance as to how we can flourish.

389. Fr. Ryan Homily - This is Daunting

Surprising how clear and firm Jesus is about forgiveness.

387. Fr. Ryan Homily - The Freedom of Childlike Dependence