The Restless Hearts Podcast

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

In Fr. Ray's homily at Mass on Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022, he reflects on the power of God’s Word to speak directly to our hearts, just as it had done to the ancient Jews, especially those who had encounter God’s Word in Jesus Christ.

In Fr. Ray's homily at Mass on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021, he reflects on the apocalyptic vision of “the Son of Man coming in the clouds”—and what that has to do with God’s ever-present work of making us whole, and making us one.

In Fr. Ray's homily at Mass on Sunday, October 24, 2021, he reflects on the story of Bartimaeus, who—though blind—is able to see with the eyes of faith that things don’t have to be the way they are and have always been.

In Fr. Ray's homily at Mass on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, he invites us to pay attention to how God is “ordering” our love and calling us to put our entire worlds at the service of loving God and all of God’s creation.