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Day 192: Unity in the Eucharist (2025)

The sacrament of Holy Communion unites the faithful together in a most profound, visible way. It also makes disunity in the Church all the more painful and apparent. The Catechism reveals the Church’s teachings regarding the Eucharist and Christian churches who are not in full co ... Show More

18m 14s

Jul 10

Day 191: The Eucharist Changes Us (2025)

As the popular adage goes, “you are what you eat.” The Catechism tells us that, as food nourishes the body, so Jesus present in Holy Communion nourishes the soul. It especially highlights the Eucharist’s role in separating us from sin. Fr. Mike reminds us we must be open to chang ... Show More

17m 35s

Jul 9

Day 190: Receiving Holy Communion (2025)

The Catechism goes over the prerequisites to receiving Jesus in the Eucharist, as well as how often the faithful can and should receive him. Fr. Mike ensures that we understand the gravity of our obligation to go to the sacrament of Reconciliation before receiving Communion. As S ... Show More

19m 37s

Oct 2024

The Song of Creation

If you live in North America or Europe, the question almost everyone has in mind when they read Genesis 1 is “How?” They ask, “How did it happen? How long did it take?” But how questions aren’t as important as why questions. What you really need to know about this world is why d ... Show More

33m 25s

Jul 2024

Day 201: Keys to the Kingdom (2024)

Fr. Mike focuses on Isaiah 22 today and explains how the role of the pope in the Catholic Church goes all the way back to this important chapter in Isaiah. We learn that Jesus himself instituted the papacy by making Peter his 'al-habbayit, the one over the household who holds ... Show More

23m 52s

Mar 2025

God’s Holy People (Part 1)

Whenever God turns to you, if you believe in him, all he sees when he looks at you is complete beauty and sweetness. Jesus Christ offered himself up and fulfilled all of the obligations we owe God, so he has completely satisfied God. God sees nothing and senses nothing but sweetn ... Show More

44m 3s

Feb 2025

Day 41: The Day of Atonement (2025)

Fr. Mike reveals the parallels between the day of atonement and the sacrifice of the mass. We learn how the temple worship practices of the old testament foreshadow the worship practices of the Catholic Church. Today's readings are Exodus 23, Leviticus 16, and Psalm 77. For t ... Show More

23m 40s

Mar 2025

In the Beginning, God

The doctrine of creation is under attack by people seeking to escape the authority of God’s Word. Today, R.C. Sproul demonstrates that science and reason demand a self-existent Creator in order to explain the universe as we know it. Read the transcript: https://ligonier.org/podca ... Show More

5m 4s

Jun 20

Educators Forum: The Gospel Changes Everything

Some of you may know I was actually a teacher at graduate school seminary for five years. Then I said, “Get me back in the ministry,” where there is no grading papers and no one knows whether people are learning or not. But the gospel changes everything . . . even education. We’r ... Show More

1h 13m

Apr 12

Day 102: The Death of Lazarus (2025)

Fr. Mike recalls the death of Lazarus, and how Jesus not only allowed himself to be broken by the sorrow that breaks us but also how he took that hopelessness and brought forth life. He also explains how the covenants we've seen in the Old Testament are all leading to the ete ... Show More

25m 10s

Jun 25

Work and Rest

Today’s sermon comes from a series on the life of Jesus described in the gospel of Luke. Luke gives us many of Jesus’ teachings on what it means to be a disciple. In short, a disciple is one who applies the gospel to absolutely every single area of life. In Luke 6, we learn about ... Show More

43m 32s

Jun 25

Day 176: Choosing Eternal Life (2025)

Fr. Mike explains why all of us are called to listen to the prophets of the Old Testament, and why their role is so important in salvation history. Each of us is building some kind of life and picture of eternity: the question we must ask ourselves is are we building it with God ... Show More

21m 11s

Mar 2025

Noah and the Nature of Faith

What is faith? What is it made of? How do you know if you have it? How do you lose it? How do you get it back? Hebrews 11 deals with all of these things through specific personal case studies of men and women who wrestled with issues of faith. I would suggest that it’s the easies ... Show More

40m 21s

Day 178: Who Receives Confirmation (2025...