Father Matthew Wiering Podcast

5/1/16: 6th Sunday of Easter: Hearing the Voice of the Holy Spirit (a.k.a. Grocery Store Ministry)

We hear the voice of the Holy Spirit in our lives in two different ways: objectively through the Church and subjectively through our life of prayer. 

4/24/16: 5th Sunday of Easter: Making our Hearts New

In today's 2nd reading from the Book of Revelation, we hear Jesus say, "Behold, I make all things new." This is what exactly what Jesus wants to do in our hearts--to take what is old, worn-out, weary, and broken, and to make it new!

4/17/16: 4th Sunday of Easter: Hearing the Voice of the Good Shepherd

On Good Shepherd Sunday we reflect on this verse from the Gospel: "My sheep hear my voice; they know me, and they follow me."

4/10/16: 3rd Sunday of Easter: A Great Catch of Fishy

The episode at the end of John's Gospel, where Jesus appears to the Apostles after they have spent a fruitless night on the lake fishing, brings us back to the beginning of the call of the Apostles. A similar episode can be found in the 5th chapter of Luke's Gospel. It is clear Jesus is the only one who can make our life fruitful! Will we let Jesus take command of our life? Will we lower our nets for a catch?

4/3/16: Divine Mercy Sunday: Three Who Believed in Mercy

Today we talk about 3 relevant figures in the life of today's Church and their own experience of God's mercy: Thomas the Apostle, Mother Angelica, and Pope Francis.

3/27/16: Easter Sunday: What if the Resurrection is True?

Today, on Easter Sunday, we consider the ramifications of the Resurrection. St. Paul tells us that if Christ is not raised, our faith is in vain. But if Christ is raised, then He has conquered that which we fear most--death--and He is the only One for whom it makes sense to live.

3/20/16: Palm Sunday: The Master Has Need of It

When the Lord gives instructions to his disciples about what to do when they enter into Jerusalem, he says that, if the donkey's owner questions why they are taking the donkey, they should simply reply, "The Master has need of it." The master has need of us, too, and the gifts that he has given us, which are not meant for our glory but to be placed at his service.

3/6/16: 4th Sunday of Lent: The Joyful Return of the Son

Today's touching Gospel of the Prodigal Son helps us to understand what God's response to us is when we return to Him after having strayed.

2/28/16: 3rd Sunday of Lent: Admitting our Need for Mercy

In today's Gospel, Jesus makes it clear that everyone is in need of God's mercy! How Pope Francis, by his own example, is helping us realize this.

2/21/16: 2nd Sunday in Lent: Encountering God on the Mountain

Today, as we hear the apostles have a powerful experience of God up on the mountain, I reflect on the mountain-climbing of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati and my own "mountaintop" experience of God calling me to go to seminary.