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Daily Mass | Mon | Easter 3 | What The Hellenist He Talking About?

PETERSBOAT - April 15, 2024 16:17 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
My 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.

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THIRD SUNDAY | Easter 3 | One Roof Over Both Mysteries

PETERSBOAT - April 14, 2024 19:26 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
This 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.

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Daily Mass | Sat | Easter 2 | Is Christology Important?

PETERSBOAT - April 13, 2024 15:01 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
Does 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?

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Daily Mass | Thurs | Easter 2 | Hope For Religious People

PETERSBOAT - April 11, 2024 13:52 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
Is 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?

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Daily Mass | Wed | Easter 2 | Life After Disappointment, Failure, and Loss

PETERSBOAT - April 10, 2024 14:04 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
The 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.

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Daily Mass | Tues | Easter 2 | Coming Down To Go Up

PETERSBOAT - April 09, 2024 14:40 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
No one has ever gone up to heaven, except the one who has come down from heaven. 

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THE ANNUNCIATION | The Moon and Her Son

PETERSBOAT - April 08, 2024 15:03 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
The 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.

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DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY | Who Are You Now?

PETERSBOAT - April 07, 2024 16:02 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
When all the work and activity comes crashing to an end, who am I now?

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EASTER SUNDAY | Christ Calls Forth What Lies Within Us

PETERSBOAT - March 31, 2024 20:47 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
The 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.

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

PETERSBOAT - March 27, 2024 18:16 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
One of the ways in which Judas goes wrong is that he stops believing that God can redeem evil. 

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

PETERSBOAT - March 26, 2024 15:16 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
Yesterday was special for two reasons. And every day from now on can be special because of them, even should we go astray.

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Cry of the Heart | Conclusion

PETERSBOAT - March 25, 2024 23:04 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
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:/...

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

PETERSBOAT - March 25, 2024 13:58 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
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.

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PALM SUNDAY | Come As You Are

PETERSBOAT - March 24, 2024 19:32 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
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.

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

PETERSBOAT - March 23, 2024 15:04 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
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.

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

PETERSBOAT - March 23, 2024 02:45 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
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.or...

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

PETERSBOAT - March 22, 2024 15:10 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
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.

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

PETERSBOAT - March 21, 2024 14:49 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
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.

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

PETERSBOAT - March 21, 2024 03:33 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
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...

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

PETERSBOAT - March 20, 2024 15:05 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
What makes for true happiness? Economics? Politics? Or does it come, rather, from some deeper place?

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FEAST OF SAINT JOSEPH | Lent 5 | He Believed Too

PETERSBOAT - March 19, 2024 16:06 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
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.

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

PETERSBOAT - March 18, 2024 20:23 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
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-...

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

PETERSBOAT - March 18, 2024 13:57 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
It's the same Christ. Whether we find in Him friend or foe is up to us.

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SUNDAY MASS | Lent 5 | We Want To See Jesus

PETERSBOAT - March 17, 2024 19:16 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
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. 

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

PETERSBOAT - March 16, 2024 13:50 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
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.

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

PETERSBOAT - March 15, 2024 19:44 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
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...

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

PETERSBOAT - March 15, 2024 14:58 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
The Feast of Tabernacles is the Harvest Fest of the Jews, full of rejoicing. And Jesus comes to fulfill that joy. 

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Daily Mass | Thurs | Lent 4 | By Our Works

PETERSBOAT - March 14, 2024 16:11 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
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.

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

PETERSBOAT - March 13, 2024 22:36 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
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...

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

PETERSBOAT - March 13, 2024 16:08 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
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.

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