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Pentecost Gospel Study - John 20:19-23 by Fr. Jim Willig
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - May 16, 2024 13:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsPentecost. The descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles to enliven them and send them out to proclaim Christ crucified and raised. Pray today to receive that same spirit and spread the Good News, the Gospel of Jesus. from John 20:19-23 ...Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to the...
Ascension of the Lord - Gospel Study | John 17:1-11a by Fr. Jim Willig
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - May 09, 2024 14:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsJust before Jesus ascends to Heaven, he offers this prayer for all of us as recorded in the Gospel of John. from John 17:1-11a When Jesus had said this, he raised his eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you, just as you gave ...
Love is Our Mission - Gospel Study | John 15:9-17 by Fr. Jim Willig
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - May 01, 2024 11:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsJesus said to his disciples: "As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and remain in his love. Read the full Gospel passage: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/050524....
Holy Spirit - Advocate | John 14:15-21 Fr. Jim Willig Gospel Teachings Podcast
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - April 26, 2024 10:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsJohn 14:15-21 Jesus said to his disciples: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows it. But you know it, because i...
Holy Spirit, Advocate | John 14:15-21 Fr. Jim Willig Gospel Teachings Podcast
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - April 26, 2024 10:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsJohn 14:15-21 Jesus said to his disciples: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows it. But you know it, because i...
The Good Shepherd | John 10:11-18
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - April 17, 2024 17:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsJesus said: "I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep." Read the full scripture: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/042124.cfm Heart to Heart Catholic Media Ministry Inspire Believers. Evangelize Seekers. Foster Disciples. -- https://htoh.us/subscribe https:...
Jesus asks: Do You Love Me? | John 21:1-19
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - April 10, 2024 11:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsIn this Gospel of deja vu all over again, Jesus asks Peter, "Do you love me?" from John 21:1-19 At that time, Jesus revealed himself again to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. He revealed himself in this way. Together were Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, ...
Jesus Gives a New Commandment | John 13:31-35
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - April 03, 2024 18:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsFr. Jim teaches that Jesus calls his disciples (and therefore us) to love each other as he has loved them. That is to say, not to like each other or tolerate each other but to truly Love each other. John 13:31-33A, 34-35 When Judas had left them, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of Man glorified, a...
Easter: He is Risen! | John 20:1-9
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - March 30, 2024 14:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsFr. Jim reflects on the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ with dramatic Gospel reading by Fr. Michael Sparough, SJ. John 20:1-9 On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran a...
The Passion of Jesus According to Luke | Luke 22:14-23:56
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - March 21, 2024 09:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsFr. Jim reflects on the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to St. Luke with dramatic Gospel reading by Fr. Michael Sparough, SJ. from Luke 22:14-23:56 When the hour came, Jesus took his place at table with the apostles. He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with ...
Would You Like to See Jesus? | John 12:20-33
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - March 13, 2024 14:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsFervent prayer can often lead to unexpected results and a vision of Jesus that we weren't looking for. Are you ready for what the Lord might grant? from John 12:20-33 Some Greeks who had come to worship at the Passover Feast came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Si...
Come to Life | John 11:1-45
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - March 07, 2024 01:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsLazarus' friends thought him to be dead. They went so far as to bind his body and entomb it. Jesus challenges their faith and performs one of His greatest miracles in raising Lazarus from the dead; bringing him back to life. from John 11:1-45 The sisters of Lazarus sent word to Jesus, saying, "...
What if Jesus Came to Our Church? | John 2:13-25 #lent
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - March 01, 2024 10:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsWhere does change need to begin? Out there in the world or in here, in your heart and mine? Fr. Jim shares a lesson in personal humility as he unpacks the story of Jesus cleansing the Temple. John 2:13-25 Since the Passover of the Jews was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. He found in the templ...
A Vision to Guide Us - Mark 9:2-10
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - February 22, 2024 13:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsMost of us know the story of the Transfiguration. Jesus takes Peter, James and John up to a mountain top and gives them a glimpse of His glory. Fr. Jim takes this well known passage and asks us to find our own mission and our own vision to embrace the glory of God in simple and humble ways. fro...
Lent: A Time for the Desert | Mark 1:12-15
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - February 15, 2024 19:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsIs Lent a time to give up dessert or a time to enter the desert along with Jesus? Fr. Jim suggests the latter. Listen for his profound insight into the healing struggle of this Lenten time. The full transcript is available here. Mark 1:12-15 The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert, and he...
Healing Power of Love | Mark 1:40-45
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - February 08, 2024 20:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsFather Jim is challenged by a woman: "Why don't you priests really heal anyone?" This gave him pause and inspiration for today's Gospel Study: A man with leprosy breaks societal convention and approaches Jesus. He kneels down and reaches out to Jesus physically and through faith: "If you wish, ...
Time Management - Mark 1:29-39
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - February 01, 2024 15:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsJesus had his priorities straight. In this Gospel he heals Peter's mother-in-law and then the whole town comes out to be healed. But afterward, what does Jesus do? He goes away to a place of quiet and solitude and prays. We can learn great things from this lesson. from Mark 1:29-39 On leaving t...
Get the Devil Out of Here | Mark 1:21-28
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - January 25, 2024 16:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsIn this Gospel Jesus teaches in the Synagogue in Capernaum and when confronted by a person with an unclean spirit He drives out the demon. In exorcisms, in order to drive out the demons, they must be confronted and they must name themselves. Fr. Jim reminds us that we too must confront and nam...
Answer the Call to Follow Jesus | Mark 1:14-20
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - January 18, 2024 13:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsCome. Abandon. Learn. Love: CALL This is the acronym Fr. Jim uses to imagine the call that Jesus used for his disciples; the same call He uses for us today. from Mark 1:14-20 After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: "This is the time of fulfillment. The...
Dont Be Afraid to Share Your Faith | John 1:35-42
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - January 11, 2024 15:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsFr. Jim asks: Who do you seek? Who do you follow? John the Baptist sees Jesus and proclaims, "Behold the Lamb of God." At this, Andrew leaves his company and joins Jesus. He then recruits his brother Simon to join them. Jesus became their Rabbi, their teacher. from John 1:35-42 John was standi...
Journey to Jesus with the Wise Men | Matthew 2:1-12
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - January 03, 2024 16:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsFr. Jim asks: Will we be the wise men and women taking up the journey to Jesus? Like the Magi, will we take a different path than the world would have us go? Matthew 2:1-12 When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, say...
Blessed Are You | Luke 1:26-38
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - December 20, 2023 14:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsThe story of this Gospel Study is the Annunciation to Mary by the Angel Gabriel. Fr. Jim reminds us that Mary's role as Mother of Jesus is truly a gift from God because of her deep and profound submission to His will. from Luke 1:26-38 The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee c...
Where is Jesus? | John 1: 6-8; 19-28
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - December 14, 2023 18:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsIn this hectic holiday season Fr. Jim reminds us to think of these as Holy Days, not holidays. John the Baptist came to witness to Jesus. As modern disciples of Christ it is our calling to also witness to Him in our daily lives, especially during this Holy Days. from John 1:6-8; 19-28 A man nam...
Good News! | Mark 1:1-8
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - December 06, 2023 12:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsIn this Gospel Study Fr. Jim explores the challenges presented by John the Baptizer. John challenges the people of his time, just as he does us today. We are challenged to confess our sin and seek forgiveness so that we can participate on the cause of right and help fight against evil and the ...
A Time to Wake Up | Mark 13:33-37
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - November 29, 2023 16:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsIn this Gospel Study for the first weekend of Advent, Fr. Jim introduces the Gospel of Mark and provides some keen insight into who Mark was. History lessons aside, the poignancy of Fr. Jim's message comes at the very end where he challenges us to lead ourselves, and others, to Christ this Adven...
Whatever You Do | Matthew 25:31-46
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - November 22, 2023 16:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsJesus will sit in judgment. He will separate the sheep from the goats; the righteous from the condemned. Fr. Jim challenges us to enter into a deep prayer relationship with God and ask Him directly what we can do for the least of His people. from Matthew 25:31-46 Jesus said to his disciples: "...
Use It or Lose It | Matthew 25:14-30
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - November 15, 2023 18:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings5, 2, or 1? How many talents has the Lord given each of us? Regardless of our age, or wealth, or experience, God asks us each to use what He has given us to the fullest. Fr. Jim reminds us of what Billy Graham said, "You never retire from the Lord's work." Listen to Fr. Jim's inspiring words to ...
Word to the Wise: Be Prepared | Matthew 25:1-13
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - November 08, 2023 22:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsBe prepared and surround yourself with wisdom. In this Gospel parable, Jesus tells the story of the 5 wise bridesmaids and 5 foolish ones. The wise, who were prepared, got into the feast, while the foolish ones did not because they were not ready when the bridegroom arrived. Fr. Jim challenges ...
Blessed Attitudes - Matthew 5:1-12a | The Feast of All Saints
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - October 30, 2023 13:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsRather than a Gospel Study for the Sunday Gospel, this week's Gospel teaching is for the All Saints Day gospel reading. Fr. Jim unpacks one Jesus' most famous teaching moments, the Sermon on the Mount and this section we call, "The Beatitudes." from Matthew 5:1-12a When Jesus saw the crowds, he...
Back to School | Matthew 18:15-20
Heart to Heart: Fr. Jim Willig - Gospel Teachings - September 06, 2023 15:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsThis Gospel Study addresses Matthew 18:15-20. In this scripture reading, Jesus tells His disciples that whenever two or more are gathered in His name, He is always present. Fr. Jim gives a great analogy of one suffering from anorexia, as he calls it spiritual anorexia or bulimia. We need to be ...
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