Didde Center Homily Podcasts

Our parishes have been participating in the Seven Sundays of Saint Joseph Devotion, culminating with his Solemn Feast Day the 19th of March. I spoke about Saint Joseph some time ago and I thought it would be good to return to this homily as a reminder of why this devotion is important. I particularly recommend this essay summarizing the role of Saint Joseph in the Christian life.

The silence we keep is the condition of growth in prayer, and can even become prayer itself. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hucklefather/support

The book quoted, referencing the effect that the widespread adoption of confession according to the Irish monks had on western civilization, is entitled Heroism and Genius: How Catholic Priests Helped Build—and Can Help Rebuild—Western Civilization, by William Slattery. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hucklefather/support

You see, there's good fire, and then there's bad fire... This homily was the first homily Father Blaha delivered at the English-speaking Masses at Blessed Sacrament, Christ the King, and Our Lady & St. Rose. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hucklefather/support

A follow-up from last week's archival post, about the call to be transformed in that realm St. James calls the "bridle of the whole body"––our speech. "Look at the ships; though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So the tongue is a little member and boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire! And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is an unrighteous world among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the cycle of nature, and set on fire by hell" (James 3:4-6).

Since I’m away for continued studies this summer, it seemed worthwhile to dig through the archives and re-publish older homilies that were well received. Many of these homilies didn’t get imported to the current podcast feed on Anchor. This week’s homily is from Father’s Day 2016.

Using the Litany of Trust by the Sisters of Life, it's not a tough thing to discover where the Spirit is trying the heart. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hucklefather/support

I thought I'd be wobblier. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hucklefather/support

The line on that hook is ever so fine, but it reaches to the heavens --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hucklefather/support

" Lightly men talk of saying what they mean. Often when he was teaching me to write in Greek the Fox would say, ‘Child, to say the very thing you really mean, the whole of it, nothing more or less or other than what you mean; that’s the whole art and joy of words.’ A glib saying. When the time comes to you at which you will be forced at last to utter the speech which has lain at the center of your soul for years, which you have, all that time, idiot-like, been saying over and over, you’ll not talk about joy of words. I saw well why the gods do not speak to us openly, nor let us answer. Till that word can be dug out of us, why should they hear the babble that we think we mean?" CS Lewis, Till We Have Faces --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hucklefather/support

David understood that conflict among the Anointed was nonsense. Why can't we? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hucklefather/support

The first of a three part series: why should we believe God exists? Why should we think about arguments about why God exists? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hucklefather/support

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good tidings to the afflicted; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; to grant to those who mourn in Zion -- to give them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified. They shall build up the ancient ruins, they shall raise up the former devastations; they shall repair the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations. Aliens shall stand and feed your flocks, foreigners shall be your plowmen and vinedressers; but you shall be called the priests of the LORD, men shall speak of you as the ministers of our God; you shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in the

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Asking God to accept our sacrifice implies it might not be. This homily addresses what must be offered, how it is to be offered, under what forms it is to be offered, and by whom it is offered in order to be a pleasing sacrifice to God. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hucklefather/support

We're grateful to Phil Couture for making the trip from Denver, Colorado to speak to us about his years as a missionary to the homeless on the streets. Phil offers some insight on how to help the people asking for help. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hucklefather/support

Baruch's prophecy in light of Xavier Beauvais' 2011 film OF GODS AND MEN. Stream the film on Amazon, or for a more extended treatment, check out John Kiser's biography THE MONKS OF TIBHIRINE. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hucklefather/support

A call to unclench our fists and let the Church tell us an Advent story. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hucklefather/support

(2 of 2) Q&A from our evening with Dan Kerr, President of Saint Martin's Academy in Fort Scott, KS. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hucklefather/support

(Part 1 of 2) Daniel Kerr, President of newly founded Saint Martin's Academy, a boarding school and working farm in southeast Kansas, wants education to be simpler and to let reality do its work. http://saintmartinsacademy.org --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hucklefather/support