St. Basil Catholic Church Brecksville Podcast

Daily Mass homily for 1-16-2023

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

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

No one rejected.  All invited into the family.

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

Perhaps idealistic and realistic don't need to be opposed

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

Two words summing it all up gently

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

Coming through the ordinary

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

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

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

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

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

The Redeemer of the World makes time for us.

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

The stuff keeping us from the lavish love of God.  

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

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

Their last event sold out 800 tickets in 10 hours.

Letting God continue the work of purifying and perfecting.

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.  

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

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

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

Al Cleveland shares his amazing story of perseverance and blessing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

The unique characteristics of Divine power compared to human power.

The Good Samaritan story may be deeper than we realize.  

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

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

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

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

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.  

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

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

Pentecost - the greatest gift is the gift of a Person

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