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156 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsMass 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 | Mon | Easter 3 | What The Hellenist He Talking About?
April 15, 2024 16:17 - 10 minutes - 10 MBMy parents sent me a photo of an ordination they recently attended in Florida, and I was struck by the ethnic diversity of the men whom the Lord has chosen for the Church. Anyway, this homily is seen through the lens of what happened in me when I saw that picture.
THIRD SUNDAY | Easter 3 | One Roof Over Both Mysteries
April 14, 2024 19:26 - 8 minutes - 8.13 MBThis Sunday's readings point us to remember that even Christ's Resurrection is an invitation to experience the forgiveness of sins. Both the cross and the Resurrection are signs of God's ongoing invitation the repentance that leads to joy.
Daily Mass | Sat | Easter 2 | Is Christology Important?
April 13, 2024 15:01 - 8 minutes - 7.59 MBDoes it really matter that some people teach erroneously about the person of Christ? And popes like Saint Martin, who died defending the truth, were their deaths really necessary?
Daily Mass | Thurs | Easter 2 | Hope For Religious People
April 11, 2024 13:52 - 8 minutes - 8.18 MBIs there hope for religious people who reject Christ? There is, of course. But is their hope that we will persevere in our trying to reach them?
Daily Mass | Wed | Easter 2 | Life After Disappointment, Failure, and Loss
April 10, 2024 14:04 - 7 minutes - 6.58 MBThe Eternal Life that Christ comes to bring to us - the life of the Resurrection - begins even now, as we are given the grace to live even beyond the grave of disappointment, failure, and loss.
Daily Mass | Tues | Easter 2 | Coming Down To Go Up
April 09, 2024 14:40 - 5 minutes - 4.87 MBNo one has ever gone up to heaven, except the one who has come down from heaven.
THE ANNUNCIATION | The Moon and Her Son
April 08, 2024 15:03 - 8 minutes - 7.66 MBThe heart of Our Lady and the heart of Our Lord are one in their yes, in their self offering, and in how they prepare a way before us.
DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY | Who Are You Now?
April 07, 2024 16:02 - 10 minutes - 9.17 MBWhen all the work and activity comes crashing to an end, who am I now?
EASTER SUNDAY | Christ Calls Forth What Lies Within Us
March 31, 2024 20:47 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MBThe encounter with the Risen Christ can be verified when our experience of some person brings forth from within us something that would have otherwise remained dormant.
Daily Mass | Wed | Holy Week | Making The Devil Bite His Own Tail
March 27, 2024 18:16 - 6 minutes - 6.31 MBOne 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 MBYesterday 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 MBThis 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 MBWe 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 MBWe 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 MBWe 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 MBThis 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 MBI 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 MBI 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 MBThis 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 MBWhat 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 MBOf 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 MBThis 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 MBIt'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 MBWhen 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 MBWe 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 MBThis 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 MBThe 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 MBA 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 MBThis 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 MBMy 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 MBThe 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 MBThis 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 MBGod 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 MBGod 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 MBCan 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 MBThis 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 MBMy 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 MBWe 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 MBThis 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 MBOne 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 MBIt 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 MBThis 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 MBAthirst 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 MBThis 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 MBGod 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 MBThis 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 MBIf 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 MBIt 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 MBThis 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 MBIf we accept this life for what it is, we won't be disappointed.