Fr. Lampe’s Podcast

Jesus tells his disciples to go, therefore and make disciples of all nations. He is commissioning them and us to evangelize the world. The disciples do not immediately follow this command as they are not yet ready to do so, but once they receive the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, they immediately follow through on this great commissioning listen to my homily to learn more.

Mothers make many sacrifices for their children and love them unconditionally. This gives us a little glimpse of God‘s love for us. Please listen to my homily to learn more.

I love being a priest. Our Good Shepherd shares His ministry with men so that his grace may be distributed to His whole flock. Let us foster vocations to the priesthood. Listen to my homily to learn more.

As the disciples are traveling on the road to Emmaus, they may not realize it, but they are actually participating in the celebration of the Mass. Listen to my homily to find out why I make that claim and what a great blessing the Mass is for us.

Our Lord is truly present in the most Holy Eucharist. He’s eager to be united with us and bless us in Holy Communion. Listen to my homily to learn more.

Unfortunately, I did not save the recording of my homily for this Sunday. So, I reconstructed the main elements of that homily and expanded a little bit upon it. Please listen to this reconstructed homily to learn more about the Mercy of God!

If we think about the moments of joy that we’ve experienced in our lives, it often includes a sense of surprise for our benefit and love. Listen to my homily to learn more about this and how we can set a course for joy using the acronym GPS.!

Have you heard of Clare Crockett before she was born in the 1980s became an actress then had a profound encounter with the Lord during a Good Friday service. That started her journey to become a Religious Sister listen to my homily to hear her story and how God has a personal love for each one of us.

Will you let Jesus wash you? When Peter objects to Jesus washing his feet, Jesus tells him that unless he lets Jesus wash his feet, he will not have a shared in the inheritance. Jesus wants to wash us too. Will you let Him? Listen to my homily to understand what this means more clearly.

This Lenten season we have focused on relationship with the Lord and staying in good relationship with the Lord. We do that by avoiding temptation, which helps us avoid sin. We accept the Lord‘s encouragement and draw strength from it to continue in good relationship with Him. We include in part of our prayers, relational or conversational prayer, allowing ourselves to listen to the Lord and hear what He has to say. We accept the healing that He has to give us and we cooperate with His grace to stay in good relationship with Him we accept His mercy and His forgiveness in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, allowing ourselves to be spiritually resurrected when we give into temptation and end up in sin. Listen to this reflection for a greater summary of these previous homilies.

Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. This was a physical resurrection, but our Lord wants to offer us a spiritual resurrection. When we commit mortal sin, we spiritually die. And we need the grace of the sacrament of reconciliation to be raised up again in our spiritual lives. Listen to my homily to learn more.

God wants to love us all the way into heaven, but we have to cooperate with his grace to get there. Listen to my homily to learn more!