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Mass Homilies, Audiobooks, and Occasional Reflections, by Father Rob Ketcham, for the parish of Christ the King Catholic Church on Long Island, in New York.

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Daily Mass | Wed | Holy Week | Making The Devil Bite His Own Tail

March 27, 2024 18:16 - 6 minutes - 6.31 MB

One of the ways in which Judas goes wrong is that he stops believing that God can redeem evil. 

Daily Mass | Tues | Holy Week | Stay On The Path

March 26, 2024 15:16 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MB

Yesterday was special for two reasons. And every day from now on can be special because of them, even should we go astray.

Cry of the Heart | Conclusion

March 25, 2024 23:04 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MB

This is the conclusion of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This last reflection is based on the last two sections of the final chapter, Saying Yes to the Cross and The Example of Padre Pio, pages 64 through 70. Purchase the book at: https://slantbooks.org/books/cry-of-t... Cry of the Heart, on the Meaning of Suffering, is published by Slant Books, Seattle, WA. ©2023 The Albacete Forum

Daily Mass | Mon | Holy Week | To Know Our Own Limits

March 25, 2024 13:58 - 7 minutes - 6.73 MB

We should try as hard as we can, but only as hard as we can. We should allow God's grace to accomplish what only grace can.

PALM SUNDAY | Come As You Are

March 24, 2024 19:32 - 10 minutes - 9.44 MB

We do our hair before going to the hairdresser. We brush our teeth before going to the dentist. And we try to perfect ourselves before going to Jesus. All are really quite silly.

Daily Mass | Sat | Lent 5 | The Mother's Love, A Gathering Love

March 23, 2024 15:04 - 5 minutes - 5.2 MB

We stand with the Blessed Mother as this Holy Week approaches, because her motherly love enables us to stay with Jesus as He carries His cross.

Cry of the Heart | Part 14 | To Complete What Is Lacking [60-64]

March 23, 2024 02:45 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MB

This is the continuation of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This reflection is based on the first three sections of the final chapter, Chapter 6, To Complete What Is Lacking, pages 60 through 64. Purchase the book at: https://slantbooks.org/books/cry-of-t... Cry of the Heart, on the Meaning of Suffering, is published by Slant Books, Seattle, WA. ©2023 The Albacete Forum

Daily Mass | Fri | Lent 5 | My Own Broken Heart

March 22, 2024 15:10 - 7 minutes - 6.73 MB

I forget sometimes that we all need healing. I know we pray for the healing of others - all the time. But I forget that we ourselves suffer the wounds of loving them.

Daily Mass | Thurs | Lent 5 | How Do I Know You?

March 21, 2024 14:49 - 7 minutes - 6.88 MB

I met a man at a funeral and asked, "How do I know you?" He told me where he was from, and it has altogether changed my experience of that place.

Cry of the Heart | Part 13 | The Trinitarian Mystery [56-59]

March 21, 2024 03:33 - 10 minutes - 9.73 MB

This is the continuation of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This reflection is based on the last two sections of Chapter 5, beginning with The Trinitarian Mystery, pages 56 through 59. Purchase the book at: https://slantbooks.org/books/cry-of-t... Cry of the Heart, on the Meaning of Suffering, is published by Slant Books, Seattle, WA. ©2023 The Albacete Forum

Daily Mass | Wed | Lent 5 | The World Happiness Report

March 20, 2024 15:05 - 7 minutes - 7.01 MB

What makes for true happiness? Economics? Politics? Or does it come, rather, from some deeper place?

FEAST OF SAINT JOSEPH | Lent 5 | He Believed Too

March 19, 2024 16:06 - 7 minutes - 6.47 MB

Of all the attributes of Saint Joseph, his faith is, I think, the most praiseworthy. He believed that Mary conceived by the Holy Spirit. And it strikes me that this is what we're called to believe about the Sacraments of the Church.

Cry of the Heart | Part 12 | The True Nature of Sin [53-56]

March 18, 2024 20:23 - 6 minutes - 5.83 MB

This is the continuation of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This reflection is based on the next two sections of Chapter 5, beginning with The True Nature of Sin, pages 53 through 56. Purchase the book at: https://slantbooks.org/books/cry-of-t... Cry of the Heart, on the Meaning of Suffering, is published by Slant Books, Seattle, WA. ©2023 The Albacete Forum

Daily Mass | Mon | Lent 5 | We Have To Let Him Love Us

March 18, 2024 13:57 - 5 minutes - 4.62 MB

It's the same Christ. Whether we find in Him friend or foe is up to us.

SUNDAY MASS | Lent 5 | We Want To See Jesus

March 17, 2024 19:16 - 10 minutes - 9.93 MB

When we were children in the spiritual life, God took us by the hand, and we knew Him as master. Now, because of Christ, God lives within us, leading us by His Spirit, and we know Him as Father, even as Christ does.  And when people love us with His Spirit, we see Jesus. 

Daily Mass | Sat | Lent 4 | From the Heart of Prayer

March 16, 2024 13:50 - 8 minutes - 7.61 MB

We seek emotional, psychological, and physical healing most often. But spiritual healing alone brings to our lives a healing that flows from the source of who we are, namely our heart.

Cry of the Heart | Part 11 | The Mystery of The Cross [50-53]

March 15, 2024 19:44 - 7 minutes - 7.11 MB

This is the continuation of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This reflection is based on the first two sections of Chapter 5, The Mystery of the Cross, pages 50 through 53. Purchase the book at: https://slantbooks.org/books/cry-of-t... Cry of the Heart, on the Meaning of Suffering, is published by Slant Books, Seattle, WA. ©2023 The Albacete Forum

Daily Mass | Fri | Lent 4 | The Feast of Tabernacles

March 15, 2024 14:58 - 7 minutes - 6.73 MB

The Feast of Tabernacles is the Harvest Fest of the Jews, full of rejoicing. And Jesus comes to fulfill that joy. 

Daily Mass | Thurs | Lent 4 | By Our Works

March 14, 2024 16:11 - 9 minutes - 8.99 MB

A person may come to the church to hear the preaching. But a person will only stay in the church if he or she meets Christ in the pews.

Cry of the Heart | Part 10 | The Secularization of Suffering [44-49]

March 13, 2024 22:36 - 9 minutes - 8.29 MB

This is the continuation of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This reflection is based on the last three sections of Chapter 4, beginning with The Secularization of Suffering, pages 44 through 49. Purchase the book at: https://slantbooks.org/books/cry-of-t... Cry of the Heart, on the Meaning of Suffering, is published by Slant Books, Seattle, WA. ©2023 The Albacete Forum  

Daily Mass | Wed | Lent 4 | My Old Friend, Your Father

March 13, 2024 16:08 - 8 minutes - 8.11 MB

My old friend, whom I hadn't seen in more than 20 years, came to Mass this morning. And what a fitting day to have him, because he brought his sons.

Daily Mass | Tues | Lent 4 | A Water That Absorbs

March 12, 2024 14:50 - 6 minutes - 6.4 MB

The life of Christ is a Living Water that flows from the Temple of His body, from His pierced heart. But as it flows forth to us, it also absorbs. He takes upon Himself our sins. He dies our death. He is the mystery of co-suffering.  

Cry of the Heart | Part 9 | Suffering, Grace, Identity [40-44]

March 12, 2024 00:37 - 8 minutes - 7.66 MB

This is the continuation of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This reflection is based on the first two sections of Chapter 4, Suffering, Grace, Identity, pages 40 through 44. Purchase the book at: https://slantbooks.org/books/cry-of-t... Cry of the Heart, on the Meaning of Suffering, is published by Slant Books, Seattle, WA. ©2023 The Albacete Forum

Daily Mass | Mon | Lent 4 | A New Me?

March 11, 2024 15:00 - 7 minutes - 7.21 MB

God did not come to make a new me, but to make me new. Is there a difference?

SUNDAY MASS | Lent 4 | If I Ever Forget You, Let My Tongue Be Silenced

March 10, 2024 18:08 - 10 minutes - 9.96 MB

God comes to us in the most surprising and unexpected ways, constantly reminding us that we are not stuck in a closed system, not stuck in a womb never to be born.

Daily Mass | Sat | Lent 3 | Death By Comparison

March 09, 2024 15:14 - 8 minutes - 7.55 MB

Can anything save us from the comparison culture more surely than the love of the Blessed Mother? 

Cry of the Heart | Part 8 | The Meaning of Spiritual Pain [37-39]

March 08, 2024 21:06 - 11 minutes - 11 MB

This is the continuation of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This reflection is based on the last section of Chapter 3, The Meaning of Spiritual Pain, pages 37 through 39. Purchase the book at: https://slantbooks.org/books/cry-of-t... Cry of the Heart, on the Meaning of Suffering, is published by Slant Books, Seattle, WA. ©2023 The Albacete Forum

Daily Mass | Fri | Lent 3 | That His Love and Mercy Be Poured Out

March 08, 2024 16:29 - 8 minutes - 7.52 MB

My mother heard in her heart, "Pray that My mercy and love be poured out upon this place." And, thank God, she did.

Daily Mass | Thurs | Lent 3 | Harden Not Your Hearts

March 07, 2024 21:00 - 5 minutes - 4.94 MB

We try so many ways to drive out demons. But will we allow the voice of the Lord to drive them out once and for all?

Cry of the Heart | Part 7 | Suffering and Pain [32-37]

March 07, 2024 02:57 - 10 minutes - 9.64 MB

This is the continuation of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This reflection is based on the first three sections of Chapter 3, pages 32 through 37. Purchase the book at: https://slantbooks.org/books/cry-of-t... Cry of the Heart, on the Meaning of Suffering, is published by Slant Books, Seattle, WA. ©2023 The Albacete Forum

Daily Mass | Wed | Lent 3 | We're All Looking For Him

March 06, 2024 15:12 - 5 minutes - 5.02 MB

One of my favorite lines in the Gospels is, "Jesus, everyone is looking for you." It was true then, and it's still true now.

Daily Mass | Tues | Lent 3 | From Your Heart

March 05, 2024 15:58 - 8 minutes - 7.35 MB

It strikes me that Jesus would call us to forgive others "from [our] heart." It's amazing to think that our hearts could become sources of mercy for others!

Cry of the Heart | Part 6 | Two Types of Sorrow [27-31]

March 04, 2024 20:39 - 9 minutes - 8.79 MB

This is the continuation of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This reflection is based on the last two sections of Chapter 2, pages 27 through 31, beginning with Two Types of Sorrow. Purchase the book at: https://slantbooks.org/books/cry-of-the-heart/ Cry of the Heart, on the Meaning of Suffering, is published by Slant Books, Seattle, WA. ©2023 The Albacete Forum

Daily Mass | Mon | Lent 3 | He Is Right Here

March 04, 2024 16:58 - 7 minutes - 6.81 MB

Athirst are our souls for the living God. When shall we see the face of God? When we are willing to permit Him to come to us in the ordinary.

SUNDAY MASS | Lent 3 | The Marketplace Mentality

March 03, 2024 14:35 - 10 minutes - 9.57 MB

This homily looks first at 3 Commandments that call us to acknowledge the marketplace mentality of our own day, and then to Christ crucified, who alone can overcome what would otherwise be our downfall.

Daily Mass | Sat | Lent 2 | Rejoice That I Delight in Clemency

March 02, 2024 15:19 - 6 minutes - 5.76 MB

God rejoices in showing us mercy. He delights in clemency. He has been longing, ever since the Fall of Adam and Eve, to restore us again, to clothe us in His Son.

Cry of the Heart | Part 5 | You Cannot Love What Shocks You [21-27]

March 01, 2024 20:21 - 9 minutes - 8.97 MB

This is the continuation of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This reflection is based on the first three sections of Chapter 2, You Cannot Love What Shocks You, pages 21 through 27. Purchase the book at: https://slantbooks.org/books/cry-of-the-heart/ Cry of the Heart, on the Meaning of Suffering, is published by Slant Books, Seattle, WA. ©2023 The Albacete Forum

Daily Mass | Fri | Lent 2 | There's Plenty to Go Around

March 01, 2024 16:03 - 7 minutes - 7.16 MB

If we were to lose our desire for the infinite, which is the desire for God that He placed in our hearts, we might begin to think of His love as limited. Then we think of the inheritance as limited. And then we kill one another for the inheritance. 

Daily Mass | Thurs | Lent 2 | Keep Your Heart Open

February 29, 2024 15:44 - 7 minutes - 7.12 MB

It takes a lot of love these days, to keep our hearts from freezing. But God is offering us just that, a lot of love.

Cry of the Heart | Part 4 | A Child and His Mother [14-20]

February 29, 2024 02:05 - 10 minutes - 9.94 MB

This is the continuation of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This reflection is based on the last three sections of Chapter 1, pages 14 through 20, beginning with "A Child and His Mother." Purchase the book at: https://slantbooks.org/books/cry-of-the-heart/ Cry of the Heart, on the Meaning of Suffering, is published by Slant Books, Seattle, WA. ©2023 The Albacete Forum

Daily Mass | Wed | Lent 2 | Priests and Parents

February 28, 2024 17:41 - 8 minutes - 7.7 MB

If we accept this life for what it is, we won't be disappointed. 

Daily Mass | Tues | Lent 2 | This Was Given to Me

February 27, 2024 18:20 - 7 minutes - 6.9 MB

Andrew Wiles. He's credited with having solved the most difficult Math theorem in modern history. And when he announced it, he might as well have been talking about the weather. What a man. God, give us the grace to be so humble.

Cry of the Heart | Part 3 | Born of the Flesh | [8-14]

February 27, 2024 02:55 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MB

This is the continuation of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This reflection is based on the next three sections of Chapter 1, pages 8 through 14, beginning with "Born From the Flesh." Purchase the book at: https://slantbooks.org/books/cry-of-the-heart/ Cry of the Heart, on the Meaning of Suffering, is published by Slant Books, Seattle, WA. ©2023 The Albacete Forum

Cry of the Heart | Part 3 | Born of the Flesh [8-14]

February 27, 2024 02:55 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MB

This is the continuation of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This reflection is based on the next three sections of Chapter 1, pages 8 through 14, beginning with "Born From the Flesh." Purchase the book at: https://slantbooks.org/books/cry-of-the-heart/ Cry of the Heart, on the Meaning of Suffering, is published by Slant Books, Seattle, WA. ©2023 The Albacete Forum

Daily Mass | Mon | Lent 2 | Your Father Will Give to You

February 26, 2024 17:54 - 7 minutes - 7.27 MB

The Dead Sea is dead. The Sea of Galilee is alive. But both receive the River Jordan. How could it be that one is alive, while the other is dead? Because only one gives away what it receives.

SUNDAY MASS | Lent 2 | Encouraged By The Cross

February 25, 2024 14:15 - 9 minutes - 8.88 MB

What a strange thing, that we are so encouraged by those who embrace their suffering willingly as they accept it from God. What a strange mystery. And yet there is something special about those who suffer gracefully, something transfigured.

Daily Mass | Sat | Lent 1 | A Gracious Trade

February 24, 2024 14:20 - 5 minutes - 5.19 MB

It must be possible to love as our Heavenly Father loves. Otherwise, Our Lord would not have called us to it. But it would require our handing over our own spirit for God's Spirit, and our own word for God's Living Word. 

Cry of the Heart | Part 2 | A Mystery to Be Lived [1-8]

February 23, 2024 21:30 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MB

This begins a series of reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete, beginning with the first few sections of Chapter 1, A Mystery to Be Lived.   Purchase the book at: https://slantbooks.org/books/cry-of-the-heart/ Cry of the Heart, on the Meaning of Suffering, is published by Slant Books, Seattle, WA. ©2023 The Albacete Forum

Daily Mass | Fri | Saint Polycarp | This Is Still The Way

February 23, 2024 16:03 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MB

The early Church was referred to as The Way. Christians were described as "those who belong to The Way." Saint Polycarp grew up at the feet of Saint John the Apostle, and he learned from him. He received from John an education to Christ, Who is still The Way.

Chair of Saint Peter | Thurs | Lent 1 | You Are Peter

February 22, 2024 15:01 - 9 minutes - 8.7 MB

The holiness of the Catholic Church does not depend upon the perfection of the popes. It depends upon their being imperfect.