Podcast Episodes

Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 12 Oct, 2021

Episode 566

Again, Jesus testifies to the fact that he just doesn’t fit into the narrowband controlling categories prescribed for him by the religious authorities of his time. Jesus is remarkable because besides…

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Monday 11 Oct, 2021

Episode 565

Today’s Gospel proclaims just what faith in Jesus is about - not marvel at the signs and wonders he works but trust in the steadfast love he has for us and which can save us. This is about our relati…

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Homilies: Twenty-eight Sunday of the Year (B) Oct. 10, 2021

Episode 553

Jesus is challenging us to live in the real world, to give up all that might allow us to avoid the truth that there is no easy way to share in everlasting life. And everlasting life is what we all re…

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Sunday 10 Oct, 2021

Episode 564

Sometimes people take an attitude to faith that vindicates Karl Marx’ judgment of religious faith - that it is the opiate of the people. Not so Jesus for whom faith is always presenting us a challeng…

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UCA News Weekly Summary, October 8, 2021

Episode 568

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

People in Asian nations strive for freedom, rights and justice as politics, violence and the pandemic cast long shadows…

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Saturday 9 Oct, 2021

Episode 563

Responding to flattery of both him and his mother, Jesus cuts straight to the bone and emphasizes what is essential to faith:  not blood relations but the spiritual bonding that comes with being chil…

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Friday 8 Oct, 2021

Episode 562

Today’s Gospel goes to the heart of the perennial question posed to us believers: how can we be confident that God is at work in whatever is moving us? There is really only way to answer that: are th…

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Thursday 7 Oct, 2021

Episode 561

Our relationship with God is not simply a matter of our rejoicing in God’s largesse. Yes, our faith is based on God’s abundant generosity. But as in any real relationships with God: it is not matter …

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Wednesday 6 Oct, 2021

Episode 560

Jesus is many things to us including a patient teacher and in today’s Gospel he isa patient teacher of prayer. Today’s version of the Our Father begins with the words that remind us of our original a…

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Reflections with Fr. Michael Kelly - Tuesday 5 Oct, 2021

Episode 559

Martha’s objection to the apparent laziness or at least irresponsibility of her sister in paying attention to serving their guests and asking Jesus to correct her behavior produces from Jesus one of …

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