Podcast Episodes

Homilies: First Sunday of Advent (C) Nov. 28, 2021

Episode 625

Can I believe that when troubles come the Lord comes as well? How can I deepen my faith in that coming? The Lord's answer is "Pray constantly."

About the Speaker: Father William J Grimm is a Maryknoll…

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 28 Nov, 2021

Episode 626

Happy New Year. Well this is the Church’s New Year’ Day when all begins again as we enter Advent and build up to Christmas. But we haven’t left the Apocalyptic readings behindhand we open the with on…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, November 26, 2021

Episode 627

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

Catholics in strife-torn Myanmar continue to be targeted by the military junta. In other Asian nations, Catholics and o…

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 24 Nov, 2021

Episode 623

If ever we needed reminders about what real sacrifices our service of Jesus requires we are reminded of them by today’s gospel but also by today’s feast of Vietnamese martyrs. The following of Jesus …

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Observations: Honest evangelization needs honest journalism

Episode 624

The number of people outside and even inside the Catholic Church who trust the institution is shrinking. When the Church’s management engages in coverups, avoids admitting to bad news, and attacks th…

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 23 Nov, 2021

Episode 622

It is difficult to exaggerate the significance of the destruction of the Temple for Jewish identity. The Temple is the point of intersection between God and God’s People Israel to destroy the Temple …

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 22 Nov, 2021

Episode 621

Today’s feast is an instructive moment for the way the Church celebrates features of Church life. It is the feast of Saint Cecilia and there is no reliable evidence that she ever existed. But she is …

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Homilies: Thirty-Fourth Sunday of the Year, Christ the King (B) Nov. 21, 2021

Episode 616

When we say Christ is King, we say we belong to him and to no others. We cannot, then, be used or abused, since that is an attack upon his subjects and his sovereignty.

About the Speaker: Father Willi…

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 21 Nov, 2021

Episode 620

We have reached the moment we’ve been waiting for in all the Gospels - Jesus is before Pilate and is being asked to answer Pilate’s questions about who he is. The most important thing about the quest…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, November 19, 2021

Episode 618

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

Timor-Leste paid tribute to independence heroes on the 30th anniversary of the Santa Cruz massacre. In other parts of A…

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