St. Basil Catholic Church Brecksville Podcast

348. Fr. Ryan Homily - When Sin is just a Symptom - Ash Wednesday

I couldn't just white-knuckle my way through it.

347. Fr. Ryan Homily - Study, Spend Time, Imitate

Support the amazing work of Catholic Charities in Cleveland at catholiccommunity.org/donate

346. Spooky, Scary, Sin-filled Stuff - Fr. Ryan presents to high schoolers

Fr. Ryan spoke at our Diocesan Youth Conference about crystals, astrology, and the occult.

345. Fr. Ryan Homily - Not Behavior Modification, but Transformation

What if it only took a few minutes?

344. Fr. Ryan Homily - Your Life May be the Only Gospel Someone Ever Reads

People miss out on the joy, healing, and meaning of a faithful life when we hide what God had done for us.

343. Fr. Ryan Homily - Unfortunately, They Had Walled Off Their Needs

The Beatitudes show us how blessed it is to admit and open up our dependence to the King.  

342. Fr. Ryan Homily - Where We Want to Hide, Jesus Hits His Stride

You've probably never been asked, "Where is your Zebulun?"

341. Fr. Matt Jordan Farewell Homily

Fr. Matt gives thanks at his last Mass assigned at St. Basil.

340. Fr. Ryan Homily - Why do we fast?

Daily Mass homily for 1-16-2023

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.

And here's the video  that was shown during the talk.  

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.