Heart to Heart, A Catholic Media Ministry
“Go into all the world and proclaim the
Good News to all creation.” Mark 16:15
This Sunday we celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. This Feast has its own readings and Gospel, separate from the current cycle. If this Sunday were Ordinary Time we would hear Matthew 5:1-12, the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount, also known as the Beatitudes which Fr. Jim explores in today’s…
Jesus shows in the Gospel that the Law and human compassion are not always in sync with each other. Weaving this story into our modern times, Fr. Michael preaches that even though abortion is legal and giving basic human aid to illegal immigrants illegal, as Christians we must speak truth to power when our faith…
God called to Samuel in the night and after three times, Samuel said, “Speak Lord, your servant is listening.” Fr. Michael urges us to seek the grace to listen for God’s call. Mark 1:29-39 On leaving the synagogue Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with…
John 1:29-34 John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. He is the one of whom I said, ‘A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.’ I did not know him, but…
Jesus did miraculous things; signs that his power was from God and greater than our own. Fear and worry are not from God but in the midst of storms, famine or sickness it is all too easy to get lost in our worries and fears. Fr. Michael reminds us that God’s love for us is…
Fr. Jim did not record a Gospel Study to match this weeks reading from Matthew detailing Jesus’ baptism by John. This passage from Luke gives a greater account of John. Listen as Fr. Jim teaches us a little more about who John was and the mission he undertook. Luke 3:1-6 In the fifteenth year of…