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The Official Podcast of Mission & Ministry at Merrimack College
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Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
In Fr. Ray's homily at Mass on Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022, he reflects on the way God’s grace shatters the selves we built for ourselves in order that God’s new thing, Easter itself, may be created in us.
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Monday Apr 04, 2022
In Fr. Ray's homily at Mass on Sunday, April 3, 2022, he reflects on the gospel story of the woman caught in adultery, and how being seen by Jesus, loved by Jesus, known by Jesus, and embraced by Jesus, can work in us a new beginning.
Monday Mar 28, 2022
Monday Mar 28, 2022
In Fr. Ray's homily at Mass on Sunday, March 27, 2022, he reflects on Jesus’ parable of the father and his two sons from Luke 15:11–32, all three of whom are lost and in need of God’s grace to bring them home at last—just like we all do when we are lost.
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
Tuesday Mar 22, 2022
In Fr. Ray's homily at Mass on Sunday, March 20, 2022, he reflects on the stories of the burning bush and the barren fig tree—two metaphors that could stir us to join God in the work of setting ourselves and all of God’s people free.
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
In Fr. Ray's homily at Mass on Sunday, March 13, 2022, he reflects on the moments in life’s journey, including those of terrifying darkness, that reveal the dazzlingly bright glory of God.
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
In Fr. Ray's homily at Mass on Sunday, March 6, 2022, he reflects on the way hunger, anger, loneliness and tiredness pull us away from truly human living; and how the season of Lent invites us into the experience of God’s loving grace—which alone can feed us, heal us, connect us and give us the rest we desire in the depths of our restless hearts.
Monday Feb 28, 2022
Monday Feb 28, 2022
In Fr. Ray's homily at Mass on Sunday, February 27, 2022, he reflects on the events of the week: a snow storm, a military invasion, and God’s constant invitation to treat one another with love, forgiveness, and mercy.
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
In Fr. Ray's homily at Mass on Sunday, February 20, 2022, he reflects on the difference between our earthly nature as humans, and the higher nature that is our ultimate destiny—the heavenly nature of the children of God.
Monday Feb 14, 2022
Monday Feb 14, 2022
In Fr. Ray's homily at Mass on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, he reflects on the difference between what we consider to be our “blessings” in this life and the true blessings God desires to give us for all eternity.
Thursday Feb 10, 2022
Thursday Feb 10, 2022
In Fr. Ray's homily at Mass on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, he reflects on the what it looks like to be called by God, and how we might be ready to say in response, “Here I am, send me.”