The Restless Hearts Podcast

EPISODE 49: How Much Is Too Much To Ask Of Us?—Fr. Ray’s Homily from 9-4-22

This episode of the Restless Hearts Podcast includes the Proclamation of the Gospel and Father Ray's homily for the Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time on September 5, 2022.  You can view the full liturgy of the Word for this Sunday under Daily Readings at usccb.org.

EPISODE 48: Humble Yourself The More, the Greater You Are—Fr. Ray’s Homily from 8-28-22

In Fr. Ray's homily at Mass on Sunday, August 28, 2022, the Feast of St. Augustine, he reflects on humility as the grace to hear and respond to God’s invitation that calls each of us to our own, unique place in the world—a grace that Augustine himself experienced and taught throughout his life. 

EPISODE 47: A Conflict We Are Better Off Losing—Fr. Ray’s Homily from 8-14-22

In Fr. Ray's homily at Mass on Sunday, August 14, 2022, he reflects on the conflicts that result from receiving the Word of God, and how we all too often try to resolve those conflicts, not by accepting God’s invitation to deepen our trust, but by trying to silence the message and prevail over the disturbing Good News that Jesus announces. 

EPISODE 46: Faith Assures Us That It Doesn’t Have To Be The Way It Is—Fr. Ray’s Homily from 8-7-22

In Fr. Ray's homily at Mass on Sunday, August 7, 2022, he reflects on the nature of faith, and how it can give us eyes to see that the way things are now—and how they have always been—is not the way they have to be.

EPISODE 45: Learning to Pray in the Plural—Fr. Ray’s Homily from 7-24-22

In Fr. Ray's homily at Mass on Sunday, July 24, 2022, he reflects on the prayer that Jesus taught us, and the way that prayers puts us in right relationship with God as well as with others.

 

EPISODE 44: When Service Isn’t Enough—Fr. Ray’s Homily from 7-17-22

In Fr. Ray's homily at Mass on Sunday, July 17, 2022, he reflects on the story of Martha’s effort to serve Jesus and others, and the lessons we all need to learn about service—namely, that while we are all invited to be servants, we are also invited to let ourselves be served and loved by God.

EPISODE 43: Who Might Your Samaritan Be?—Fr. Ray’s Homily from 7-10-22

In Fr. Ray's homily at Mass on Sunday, June 10, 2022, he reflects on the story known to many as the Parable of the Good Samaritan, and how in it Jesus challenges us to see even our enemies—our “Samaritans”—as capable of neighborliness towards others, and as worthy of our love. 

EPISODE 42: Independence Day: Is the Reign of God At Hand for us Here and Now?—Fr. Ray’s Homily from 7-3-22

In Fr. Ray's homily at Mass on Sunday, June 3, 2022, he reflects on the differences between the values of the Reign of God and those of the Reign of Satan, and he invites us to attend to which set of values has the greatest influence on us today. 

EPISODE 41: Are We Free To Drop Everything?—Fr. Ray’s Homily from 6-26-22

In Fr. Ray's homily at Mass on Sunday, June 26, 2022, he reflects on the freedom it takes to answer God’s call to drop everything—the freedom, not to do whatever we want, but to choose the path that leads us to God’s gift of the fullness of life.

EPISODE 40: A Sacrament of God’s Presence and Love—Fr. Ray’s Homily from 6-19-22

In Fr. Ray's homily at Mass on Corpus Christi Sunday, June 19, 2022, he reflects on the sacrament of the body and blood of Jesus Christ and how, through it, we are invited to notice, acknowledge, and celebrate the mystery of God’s love—which is invisibly present, always and everywhere.