St. Basil Catholic Church Brecksville Podcast

339. Fr. Ryan Homily - The Epiphany Came Through a Body

God proved with His body that everybody is somebody to God.

338. Fr. Ryan Homily - God-made-man Entering into our Human Realities

The Blessed Virgin Mary reminds us of the concreteness of Jesus so we don't reduce Him to a mere idea.

337. Fr. Ryan Homily - Christmas: The Reconciliation of All Into God’s Family

No one rejected.  All invited into the family.

336. Fr. Ryan Homily - God’s Image for Union, Love, and Life-giving Power

Interesting & mysterious Bible passage selection for 4 days before Christmas....

335. Fr. Ryan Homily - The Ideal Comes to us Through the Real

Perhaps idealistic and realistic don't need to be opposed

334. Fr. Ryan & Fr. Patrick on Seeing Christ in Christmas Traditions & Memories

Reflecting on how the Lord speaks through our Christmas traditions, memories, and movies

333. Fr. Ryan Homily - Immaculate Conception - ”Begin Again”

Two words summing it all up gently

332. Fr. Ryan Homily - The Fulfillment of Promises comes with a Sacrifice

Before the wolf can be the guest of the lamb....

331. Fr. Ryan Homily - To Experience a Holy Night, First Experience a Silent Night

Coming through the ordinary

330. Bishop Woost speaks to Men’s Ministry on Prayer

Bishop Michael Woost shares what can and will happen if prayer if we approach it humbly and consistently

329. Fr. Ryan Homily - The King of the Universe Designed it all for One Reason

God will use anything and everything to get through to us to save us.

328. Fr. Ryan Homily - Icon vs. Idol

Jesus is a realist when it comes to home and family.

327. Mediocrity Never Inspired Anyone - Fr. Ryan speaks to Men’s Ministry

What does greatness look like and how do we get there?

326. Spiritual Warfare - Fr. Doug speaks to Flourish Women’s Ministry

Fr. Doug Brown provides a crash course on spiritual warfare, demonic activity and how to avoid it.

325. Fr. Ryan Homily - He doesn’t have a formula; He has a face

The Redeemer of the World makes time for us.

324. This Event Will Alter the Trajectory of Our Parish, and Your Life

Tickets go on sale Nov. 7 for this Feb. event at www.jpiihealingcenter.org

323. Fr. Ryan Homily - The Wrong Way of Being Right

The stuff keeping us from the lavish love of God.  

322. Fr. Ryan Homily - The Most Fruitful Human Activity is...

We ought to have a much different idea of fruitful activity than the culture

321. Fr. Ryan Homily - Love Sees More than Intelligence

320. Fr. Ryan Homily - Faith: The Openness of the Bride to the Gift of the Bridegroom

We all use the word "faith", but do we really know what it means?

319. Fr. Ryan Explains Why the JPII Healing Center is for You

Their last event sold out 800 tickets in 10 hours.

318. Made for More - Fr. Ryan speaks to Flourish Ladies

Letting God continue the work of purifying and perfecting.

317. The Catholic Both/And: Faith & Science - Fr. Ryan speaks to LifeTeen

Fr. Ryan teaches highschoolers at Life Teen on Faith and Science's complementary roles in the human experience.

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316. Fr. Ryan Homily - Nearsightedness to See Our Neighbor

Quite possibly the shortest homily Fr. Ryan has ever given.  

315. Fr. Ryan Speaks to College Students at CUA: You Were Born for This

Fr. Ryan's presentation at Catholic University of America to college students about prayer, identity, and desire.

314. Fr. Ryan Homily - Receiving the Gift, Being the Gift, Giving the Gift

A divided heart is a heart not yet full of love.  

313. Wrongfully Convicted - Finding Faith in 25-year Prison Sentence

Al Cleveland shares his amazing story of perseverance and blessing.

312. Fr. Ryan Homily - Further from the Father, Further from Myself

The Prodigal Son is the most famous story of forgiveness ever, but have you learned all its lessons?

311. Fr. Scott Harter Guest Homily - Living Word

Fr. Scott, visiting priest tackles a difficult Gospel passage to interpret.

310. Fr. Ryan Homily - Costs and Rewards of Being a Fan or Follower

What is going on with these tough words from Jesus about "hating" our family?

309. Fr. Ryan’s Installation Mass Homily as Pastor of St. Basil the Great

Fr. Ryan Mann was installed as the Fourth Pastor of St. Basil the Great Catholic Church.

308. Fr. Ryan Homily - ”I Don’t Know Where You’re From” vs. ”Welcome Home”

Though God "knows everything", we still need Him to hear our story directly from us.

307. New Parish Logo + Tagline Reveal - Their Origin & Meaning

Fr. Ryan & Staffers Tommy & Gregory reveal and discuss the meaning behind our new parish logo and tagline.

 

306. Fr. Ryan Homily - God’s Will is an Acquired Taste

305. Fr. Ryan Homily - Enormous yet Close, Powerful yet Gentle

God is so big that He's even in the little things.

304. Fr. Ryan Homily - The Richness of God

If God has no money, in what is He rich?

303. Fr. Ryan Homily - Wasting Time with God

Jesus, who had a world to save, could have easily claimed to be "too busy".

302. Redemptive Suffering - Fr. Ryan presentation to TOBCLE Healing Retreat

The location of pain and the location of transformation.  Find out more at tobcle.org

301. Holy Spirit Power - Fr. Ryan presentation to Young Adults

The unique characteristics of Divine power compared to human power.

300. Fr. Ryan Homily - Serving Not Just Because of Need but Out of Identity

The Good Samaritan story may be deeper than we realize.  

299. Seminarian Window Washer! - Interview w/ Chris Cotone

Chris is living here at St. Basil over the summer, working hard and growing in Eucharistic spirituality.  

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.

297. Fr. Walt - ”That’s All I Got” presentation to Women’s Ministry

Fr. Walt returns to speak to Gifts of the Spirit Women's Ministry about adjustments in life.  

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.  

294. Fr. Dave Domanski - Homily of First Mass of Thanksgiving

Hear newly ordained son of the parish Fr. Dave Domanski's homily from his Mass of Thanksgiving and ask yourself, "Did you wake up today and say, 'Jesus, You are crazy about me'? - Fr. Harry Geib, SJ

293. Being Catholic in a Woke, Divided Time w/ Fr. Koopman

Fr. Joe Koopman, Moral Theologian, uses the Christian narrative to view current scapegoating loops and the way out of them.

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