Father Matthew Wiering Podcast

8/10/14: 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Holding on to God Amidst the Storm

In this Sunday's readings, we learn that God is different than the powerful forces of the world. He is not only different from these but more powerful than them. He rules over these. By learning to hear and hang on to God we too can experience peace and calm amidst the storm.

7/27/14: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Pearl of Great Price

When one finds the pearl of great price it's worth leaving everything behind. The story of my close friend Rob who became a Carthusian monk. More info on the Carthusians can be found here.

7/20/14: 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Trusting that God is in Control

In God's mysterious Providence the evil dwells along with the good, and the Lord calls us to trust and patience. He is in control.

7/13/14: 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Openness to God

The beginning of the parables of the 13th Chapter of Matthew's Gospel: What sort of soil are we? Do we spend time listening to God and are we open to what He might say to us?

Solemnity of Peter and Paul: Weak Men Used by God

Peter and Paul were weak sinners, and God chose them to be friends of Jesus and his witnesses before others. My last Sunday Mass as parochial vicar at the Cathedral.

Corpus Christi: Food for the Journey

Just like God gave the Israelites manna in the desert as the food and nourishment that they needed, God gives us the Eucharist for our own pilgrimage through the desert.

Pentecost: The Holy Spirit--The Air and Water that Everyone Needs

The images used for the Holy Spirit in the Scriptures are universal, showing us the everybody--whether they know it or not--needs the Holy Spirit in order to have life. It's our responsibility--yours and mine--to bring them to this Life-Giving Water.

Ascension of the Lord: The What and, more importantly, the Why

It's not enough for us to know what the Ascension is, the Church invites us to understand why Jesus ascended back to the Father.

6th Sunday of Easter: Acts of the Apostles & A Public Relationship with Jesus

In the Acts of the Apostles, there is one sure thing: That our relationship with Jesus is not merely a "private relationship" but that it necessarily includes and comes from our Baptism and the Sacraments of the Church.

5th Sunday of Easter

Jesus says, "Do not let your hearts be troubled." Do we live this command? How can we have interior peace?