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Podcasts are an easy way to listen to the homilies from Father Lies or from the priests visiting St. Joseph for Sunday Mass. Click on a link below to browse the various homilies.
http://stjosephmcpherson.com/podcasts/homilies.xml
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Palms and Poms
by Fr. David Lies
Palms and pom-poms? Both are used to cheer and exhibit support for people. Jesus was cheered as he entered Jerusalem and jeered as he was led out to be crucified. How do we respond?
Date: 4/7/09
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Share Your Faith No Matter Where, When or Who
by Fr. David Lies
In spite of the fact that the place, time and people in the conversation between Jesus and the Samaritan woman were all wrong, He still evangelized her and cultivated her faith. Do we miss out on evangelizing by waiting for the "perfect" setting?
Date: 3/15/09
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The Patience and Faith of Abraham
by Fr. Michael Manning, SVD
Fr. Manning reflects upon how Abraham waited and waited for God to give him a son. He then showed great faith when God asked him to sacrifice his son. We experience the same waiting and faith in our lives through good times and bad.
Date: 3/8/09
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Christ Proclaims to the Living and the Dead
by Fr. David Lies
The covenant which God made with Noah was just one of several that found fulfillment in Jesus Christ who, as St. Peter states, preached the new covenant even to the souls "in prison". What does it mean when we proclaim that Jesus "descended into hell?"
Date: 3/4/09
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Yes and Yes: The Virtue of Honesty
by Fr. David Lies
St. Paul's opening passage in the Second Letter to the Corinthians provides an opportunity to reflect upon the eighth commandment, honesty and integrity. As Christians we should be people of our word.
Date: 2/23/09
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Jesus' Courageous Touch
by Fr. David Lies
Jesus not only heals a man with leprosy, but also touches him, incurring ritual impurity, and courageously stands with the isolated child of God. Jesus also reaches out to us with his healing, uniting touch.
Date: 2/16/09
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What's Christ Got to do with It?
by Fr. David Lies
The accusatory question which the demon flings at Jesus in Mark's gospel, "What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth?" could easily be the theme of secularism; a movement to remove God from public life. How ought Catholics to respond?
Date: 2/3/09
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Don't Judge Like Jonah
by Fr. David Lies
Jonah is asked by God to speak words of mercy to a people that the prophet wanted to be punished. Jonah erred by judging people instead of their sinful actions. As Christians, we are called to exercise sound moral judgments of things and actions, but never people.
Date: 1/25/09
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Even in Sinning, We Seek the Good
by Fr. David Lies
Our moral life as Catholic can by summed up as following Christ--and do Andrew and John in today's Gospel--and seeking that which is good. Even when we sin, we are seeking something good. How can we understand that better?
Date: 1/21/09
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Witnessing to Life in Capitol Cities
by Fr. David Lies
The Magi trouble the leader of a nation and the people of the capitol when they ask questions about an infant. Today, questions about the right to life of infants will be heard in our nation's capitol as a new president and a new administration consider the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) (16 min.)
Date: 1/5/09
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Podcasts
Sept 12th Church Bulletin/2010