From The Friars (catholic Christian Spirituality)

What God has revealed, what we believe, the sacred deposit of faith, is the ruler by which we measure everything. Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR. Listen to learn more! Exodus 22:20-26 | 1 Thess 1:5-10 | Matt 22:34-40

Politics, prayer, and God's plan on World Mission Sunday. What does it mean to render to God what is God's? Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR. Listen to learn more! Isaiah 45:1-6 | Matt 22:15-21

How the Picture of Dorian Gray can help us understand death and the wedding garment in Jesus' parable. Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR. Listen to learn more! Isaiah 25:6-10 | Matt 22:1-14

May Saint Francis win for us the grace to stay focused on what life is really about: spiritual fruitfulness! Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher ends with a hilarious true story! Isaiah 5:1-7 | Psalm 80 | Phil 4:6-9 | Matt 21:33-43

Opening school year Mass at Mount Saint Michael Academy in the Bronx NY. Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR. Listen to learn more!

What it will be like when we come before the Creator? Listen to learn more! Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR. Isaiah 55:6-9 | Psalm 145 | Philippians 1:20C-24, 27A | Matthew 20:1-16A

God always forgives, but do we receive it? Saint Maria Goretti presents the miraculous power of God's love. Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR. Listen to learn more! Sirach 27:30—28:7 | Psalm 103 | Romans 14:7-9 | Matthew 18:21-35

Jesus asks, "Who do you say that I am?" Vatican II taught "that only in the mystery of the incarnate Word does the mystery of man take on light... Christ, the final Adam ... fully reveals man to man himself and makes his supreme calling clear." (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World | Guadium et spes #22). Listen to learn more! Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR.

Jesus invites us to follow him out onto the water. What does that mean? Listen to learn more! Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR.

Beer, bananas, and candy. What is your daily bread? Listen to learn more! Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR.

According to Jesus, "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also" (Matt 6:21). Learn how to find that treasure and the means to get it. Listen to learn more! Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR.

Jesus taught about the judgement! It is what awaits us all. Listen to learn more. Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR. CCC - 1470: In this sacrament, the sinner, placing himself before the merciful judgment of God, anticipates in a certain way the judgment to which he will be subjected at the end of his earthly life. For it is now, in this life, that we are offered the choice between life and death, and it is only by the road of conversion that we can enter the Kingdom, from which one is excluded by grave sin. In converting to Christ through penance and faith, the sinner passes from death to life and "does not come into judgment" (Jn 5:24). Pope Benedict XVI - Spe Salvi 47: Some recent theologians are of the opinion that the fire which both burns and saves is Christ himself, the Judge and Saviour. The encounter with him is the decisive act of judgement. Before his gaze all falsehood melts away. This encounter with him, as it burns us, transforms and frees us, allowing us to become truly ourselves. All that we

Jesus teaches with examples accessible to all. He teaches us about God and what God wants for us. Listen to learn more! Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR.

Happy Father's Day! During the last two days we had the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Today we ponder the heart of God the Father. Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher. Listen to learn more!

Today we celebrate the feast day of Our Lady of Fatima. The message and grace of Our Lady's apparitions are still alive today. Podcast by Fr. Luke Mary Fletcher, CFR. Listen to learn more!

What are you doing for Lent? Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR. Listen to learn more!

Christianity starts with love. Love is the central message of Jesus, but the specifics require suffering. Listen to learn more! Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR. Beloved, we love God because he first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love a brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. This is the commandment we have from him: Whoever loves God must also love his brother. Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten by God, and everyone who loves the Father loves also the one begotten by him. In this way we know that we love the children of God when we love God and obey his commandments. For the love of God is this, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome, for whoever is begotten by God conquers the world. And the victory that conquers the world is our faith. 1 John 4:19-5:4

Advent is New Year's Day in the Church calendar. If Christ is the worm (Ps 22), then Mother Church, in her liturgy, is like a mother bird who consumes and regurgitates Christ to nourish her chicks. Listen to learn more! Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR.

Christ's Kingdom And Thanksgiving by Franciscan Friars of the Renewal

God Has Only One List by Franciscan Friars of the Renewal