Podcast Episodes

Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 4 Nov, 2021

Episode 597

Jesus finds immense depth in a moment of deep bigotry and prejudice among those seeking to find fault with him and he puts it to good use in taking his message even deeper into the lives of the peopl…

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 3 Nov, 2021

Episode 596

Luke’s gospel is very strong and consistent in emphasizing that faith begins with God’s invitation. But then the evangelist is very insistent that the invitation requires our response if anything is …

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 2 Nov, 2021

Episode 595

Remembering our dead - what we do today, on All Souls Day - is a deeply mysterious event. It’s mysterious not simply because it is a direct engagement with something that all of us face and will face…

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 1 Nov, 2021

Episode 593

The Feast of all Saints today is both a solemn celebration of the destiny of us all and the actual condition of so many simply not recognized in the formal lists of those welcomed by God into everlas…

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Homilies: Thirty-first Sunday of the Year (B) Oct. 31, 2021

Episode 587

Being a Christian is not about behaving toward others in a certain way. It is about having a special kind of relationship with God. All else follows from that.

About the Speaker: Father William J Grim…

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 31 Oct, 2021

Episode 591

Here Jesus summarizes in simple and direct terms what is at the heart of his message - God is above all and for all and self-sacrificing love is our way of responding to God’s love for us.

About the S…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, October 29, 2021

Episode 594

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

The battle between the underground and state-sanctioned churches continues in China after a bishop was detained for the…

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 30 Oct, 2021

Episode 590

We could read this Gospel as an encouragement to adopt an attitude of “enlightened self-interest” when it comes to management of our engagements with others. That is a kind way to interpret it. But r…

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Friday 29 Oct, 2021

Episode 589

Today’s Gospel has two important messages: first of all, being bound and inhibited by the Law is a disservice to faith and love but, secondly, that is especially because Jesus as the Son of God, is M…

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 28 Oct, 2021

Episode 588

Today is the Feast of two Apostles - Simon and Jude. So today’s Gospel is one account of the call and commissioning of the Apostles who are given their rolling the early Christian community as the in…

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