The PadreCast - Faithful Catholic Homilies

How do you and I protect ourselves from demonic influence? | PadreCast: Fourteenth Sunday Ordinary Time

How do you and I protect ourselves from demonic influence if we can't see the difference? The devil's words will give him away, because as the Bible says, he is a liar from the beginning. He can't not lie.

So how do you and I recognize a lie? The only way you can recognize a lie is if you know the Truth.

This is where for us as believers, the greatest gift that God has given us - second only to His holy Sacraments - is the Gospel message. The entire Word of God and the teachings of the Church give us all the truth we need to protect and defend ourselves against the attacks of the enemy.

 

 

We fail to realize that in following Christ, we follow Him to the Cross | PadreCast: Thirteenth Sunday Ordinary Time

So often, we fail to realize that in following Christ, we follow Him to the Cross. That in this life, we have no resting place. The only thing we can be sure of is that we will suffer and die as Christians. That’s it. That’s all Jesus promises us.

Our Lord warns each one of us who want to follow Him: Don’t be deceived. The only thing you can hope for in this life is the Cross, and My love.

How I dress, act, speak reveals what I believe is hidden inside of me | PadreCast: Solemnity of Corpus Christi

If I do believe - as I must - that I am made in God’s image and likeness, and especially if I am receiving the holy Eucharist worthily, that God actually lives in me, then how will I adorn myself? How I dress, how I act, how I speak, reveals, at least to some degree, what I believe is hidden inside of me.…