Father Matthew Wiering Podcast

11/8/15: 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Giving if we want to Receive

The stories of the two widows from this Sunday's readings remind us that if we want to receive from God we have to give to Him!

11/1/15: Solemnity of All Saints

Today we celebrate not just the saints whose names we know but everyone who is in heaven, many whose names we do not know. This helps us to remember that the most important thing in life is that we become holy. As the 2nd Vatican Council said, this is the primary vocation of every Christian.

10/25/15: 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time: The New Priesthood of Jesus Christ

On this Priesthood Sunday, we reflect on how Jesus the Priest and how he shares his priesthood with ordinary (and unworthy) so that the Church and the world can continue to encounter the healing power of Jesus--but now through the hands of his priests.

10/11/15: 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Offering Everything to Jesus

The Gospel poses two questions for us: 1) Does the Lord still call men and women to give up everything to follow him?; and, 2) Does the call to give everything apply to everyone or just to some?

10/04/15: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Not Created for Independence

In today's reading, we hear how the original man was lonely until God created a woman to be his complement. We were not created to be independent from one another but dependent on one another--this is what makes sense of our vocation: to married, to religious life, or to the priesthood.

9/27/15: 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Pope Francis and Mercy

A reflection on Pope Francis and his recent Apostolic Journey to North America...

9/20/15: 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jesus Overturns our Worldview

In last week's Gospel, he tells us that the Messiah must suffer. In today's Gospel, he reminds us that real status--to be first--is achieved when we become humble--when we become the last. How can we live out this practically in our day-to-day lives?

9/13/15: 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Suffering and our Vocation

How do I approach suffering in my own life? Do I see it as a way to participate in God's desire to save me and to save others? Our vocation is often the way where we meet the Cross--that place of suffering AND joy in which we choose to love--to put the other above myself.

3/15/15: 4th Sunday of Lent: Am I Saved?

3/1/15: 2nd Sunday of Lent: What We Do at Mass

The story of Abraham and Isaac and the account of the Transfiguration both bring us up the mountain...and they help us to understand what we are doing every time we come to the altar of sacrifice. We come to the altar to worship God and to offer Him our lives--and in return--we are nourished with Life itself.