Podcast Episodes

Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 6 Dec, 2021

Episode 637

The crowds are staggered and amazed that Jesus can heal as he does, perform the miracles that he does, achieve the mighty outcomes that he does. But Jesus wants the crows to appreciate he has more he…

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Homilies: Second Sunday of Advent (C) Dec. 5, 2021

Episode 631

Sunday Gospel Reflection by Father Bill Grimm

Advent is the season in which the Church recommits itself to living a great adventure. We are a band of companions walking through a world of marvels and …

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 5 Dec, 2021

Episode 636

Today’s Gospel announces the mission and message of John the Baptist who comes in anticipation of Jesus to open the way for his mission and message. The evangelist seeks to be precise and exact about…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, December 3, 2021

Episode 634

Listen to news from and about the Church in Asia in a capsule around 10 minutes.

Compensation bought some consolation for two sexually abused altar boys in Indonesia this week as Christians and other …

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 4 Dec, 2021

Episode 635

Healing is the characteristic action of Jesus’ ministry. People in Jesus’ time saw illness and disease as an effect of sin and so the banishment of sickness and the healing of disease is part of the …

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Friday 3 Dec, 2021

Episode 633

St. Francis Xavier whose feast we celebrate today is a saint of wide significance for the Church across the world but especially for those of us in Asia and Australia. In Australia, he is a national …

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 2 Dec, 2021

Episode 632

One of the main things that discourages people from exploring the message of Jesus and becoming Christians is the life that Christians live that is so obviously at odds with message and example of Je…

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 01 Dec, 2021

Episode 630

This is a parable of Providential abundance - of God providing for his people in their acute and extreme need. We are in Advent and preparing to welcome the abundance of Jesus at Christmas - the fulf…

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 30 Nov, 2021

Episode 629

This invitation to the two sets of brothers comes very early in Matthew’s Gospel and even before he starts to preach his message. And the four Apostles in these stories have a basic role in grounding…

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 29 Nov, 2021

Episode 628

This Gospel today recounts the evangelist’s way of accommodating in Matthew’s Gospel the reach of Jesus’ message: completely beyond the boundaries of Israel but still taking up its foundation in the …

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