Father Nick Blaha Homily Cast

"All the way [to the guillotine] the Carmelite sisters sang: the 'Miserere,' 'Salve Regina,' and 'Te Deum.' Beholding them, a total silence fell on …

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A sudden and miraculous grace: never to be counted on to recur, a fleeting glimpse of joy, joy beyond the …

As fire transforms into itself everything it touches, so the Holy Spirit transforms into the divine life whatever is subjected to his power.

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There is a much greater distance between the nature of man, or even between the nature of the highest of the angels, and grace, than there is between grace itself and glory. No created nature, however perfect, is the …

"He loved humankind. And that’s why he died as the bridegroom who has gone off to rescue his bride from the robbers’ hands. And they bind him and torture him to death, but he sees his sweetest friend sitting at the …

Full text of the homily available at:

https://www.thomasaquinas.edu/news/fr-blahas-homily-baccalaureate-mass-holy-spirit

"The musical tradition of the universal Church is a treasure of inestimable value, greater even than that of any other art."  
Sacrosanctum Concilium, The Second Vatican Council

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«La tradición musical de la Iglesia universal constituye un tesoro de valor inestimable que sobresale entre las demás expresiones artísticas, principalmente porque el canto sagrado, unido a las palabras, constituye una …

In the final three paragraphs of the fascinating memoir he wrote while still Prefect of the Congregation, Cardinal Ratzinger explained the significance of the bear: 

According to legend, on his way from Germany to Rome …

For God there are only individuals.  

Nicolás Gomez Dávila, Escolios a un Texto Implícito

Para Dios no hay sino individuos.  --Nicolás Gomez Dávila, Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 26.

Delivered at Christ the King Catholic School

Of Hildebrand’s thirty books surely one of the most interesting for our generation is Trojan Horse in the City of God: The Catholic Crisis Explained …

"As they stared blankly, in dumb misery deepening as they slowly realized all they had seen and all they had lost, a capricious little breeze, dancing up from the surface of the water and blew lightly and caressingly on …

This is an old idea--one that started way earlier than the last time I used this image, three years ago in the lectionary cycle. 

"Accordingly, two …

Want to assist with the project of restoring the communion rail to use in Blessed Sacrament Church? You can give online at https://blessedsacramentkck.weshareonline.org/ Make sure you include a reference to the …

Las meditaciones y oraciónes de Beato Miguel Pro SJ: …

"One needs to open one’s heart to the abundance of grace and to allow the word of the Redeemer to act with all its power: ‘Duc in altum!’ Whoever opens his heart to Christ will not only understand the mystery of his own …

[The Church needs] a change of mindset, particularly concerning laypeople.  They must no longer be viewed as ‘collaborators’ of the clergy, but truly …

If we believe in God we should not say, “I believe in God,” but rather, “God believes in me.”

Nicolas Gomez Dávila, Scholia on an Implicit Text, 1128

We are living in a time when flowers are trying to live on flowers, instead of growing on good rain and black loam. Even fireworks, for all their prettiness, come from the chemistry of the earth. Yet somehow we think we …

The passage read as the spiritual sense of the Gospel of this fourth Sunday of Advent is 2 Samuel 6:1-19

Linked here for your convenience:

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/2samuel/6

"Although nothing is to be seen, the soul senses very sharply the presence of an evil power which wants to influence it to give up: the sins are too …

Take time to read Pope Saint John Paul II's encyclical, Evangelium Vitae, available on the Vatican website.

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Lord, I wish to see

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"What were his thoughts during this part of the journey? As in the morning he watched the passing of trees, thatched roofs, tilled fields, the changing vistas appearing at every bend in the road, an occupation soothing …

Free. Total. Faithful. Fruitful.

Delivered at Christ the King Catholic Church, 9:30am 3 October 2021

Check out this post for the show notes: https://telegra.ph/School-of-Home---The-Bored-Day-10-03

Don't forget to check out The Children's Homer for a …

A brief explanation of what School of Home at Christ the King is all about.

Preached at Christ the King Catholic Church, 9:30am Mass, 5 September 2021

"In your observance of the commandments of the LORD, your God,
which I enjoin upon you,
you shall not add to what I command you nor subtract from it. 

Sálvense de esta generación perversa.

Hechos de los Apostoles 2, 40

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Preached at Blessed Sacrament Church, 8 August 2021

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,
because the LORD has anointed me
to bring good tidings to the afflicted...
to grant to those who mourn in Zion--
... the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the mantle of praise …

Preached at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
27 June 2021

This homily revisits a set of reflections on fatherhood first given in 2015. I find the truths here worth perennial contemplation. 

The Scriptures this Sunday are full of imagery of leafy gardens and strong, branching trees. These are the images the Scriptures use for living well …

Want to be a part of setting the Foundations of Christ's Throne at CTK Parish? 

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May your people
exult for ever, O God,
in renewed youthfulness of spirit,
so that, rejoicing now in the restored glory of our adoption,
we may look …

Preached at Christ the King Church, the Octave of Easter, 2021

"Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, communion without confession, …

"Under the dispensation of the Spirit all things were to become new and to be reversed. Strength, numbers, wealth, philosophy, eloquence, craft, experience of life, knowledge of human nature, these are the means by …

Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty,
my memory, my understanding,
and my entire will,
All I have and call my own.

You have given all to me.
To you, Lord, I return it.

Everything is yours; do with it what you will.
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This homily was preached at Christ the King at the opening Mass for our faculty formation days, in which a representative of the Institute for …

"What is a farm but a mute gospel? The chaff and the wheat, weeds and plants, blight, rain, insects, sun — it is a sacred emblem from the first furrow of spring to the last stack which the snow of winter overtakes in …

"Every good Christian ought to be more ready to give a favorable interpretation to another's statement than to condemn it. But if he cannot do so, let him ask how the other understands it. And if the latter understands …

“Christ is always present in his Church, especially in her liturgical celebrations. He is present in the sacrifice of the Mass, not only in the person of his minister, but especially under the Eucharistic species…, in …

Christmas joy that lasts.

This homily was delivered in Spanish.

Yo pasé unas semanas meditanto y escribiendo este retrato de palabras para nuestras familias de la escuela Christ the King Clasiscal, y me gustaría compartirlo con ustedes como …

Avoid the peddlers of outrage and despair. Do not retreat into a Stoic withdrawal and observe with grim satisfaction as the world crumbles about you. …

You can view All or Nothing (the documentary about Sister Clare Crockett mentioned in today's homily) by clicking this link or by searching YouTube for the title.

"The Church’s teachings concerning contingent situations are subject to new and further developments and can be open to discussion, yet we [as pastors] cannot help but be concrete—without presuming to enter into …

From Pope Benedict XVI's encyclical Spe Salvi:

We who have always lived with the Christian concept of God, and have grown accustomed to it, have almost ceased to notice that we possess the hope that ensues from a real …

To learn the story of Fatima:

Fatima
https://www.fatimathemovie.com/

The 13th Day

Finding Fatima

"If I go on living in the flesh,
that means fruitful labor for me. 
And I do not know which I shall choose. 
I am caught between the two. 
I long to …

After a brief note on the Good & the Bad over my first year as pastor of Christ the King, Blessed Sacrament, and Our Lady & St. Rose, I present the possibility that the coming year will be not Ugly, but …

Teach me, my Lord, to be sweet and gentle in all the events of life; in disappointments, in the thoughtlessness of others, in the insincerity of …

The story I reference can be read in full here.
https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2017/03/18600/

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Virtue and holiness is its own reward; sin is its own punishment. Deliver us, Lord, from hoping from any reward other than You.

The Holy Father's address, from which Archbishop Naumann's remarks were taken, can be found here:
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The following podcast is an audio version of an essay that attempts to peer into the spiritual and moral machinery of our culture and discern its …

Come, Holy Spirit, come!
And from your celestial home
Shed a ray of light divine!
Come, Father of the poor!
Come, source of all our store!
Come, …

"Monotheists believe their God created 1 billion trillion stars in the parts of the universe observable with telescopes on the Earth or in space—with a maximum of around 5,000 of them visible to the naked eye—so the …

This homily was delivered at Our Lady & Saint Rose Church on Quindaro Boulevard the first weekend of public Masses in the Archdiocese of Kansas …

Since I'm on quarantine, I'm not doing homilies, but I thought this essay would be a great chance to reflect a little during these days of …

After the homily, I've included a reading of Francis Thompson's poem, "The Hound of Heaven," which I reference in the homily. I hope you enjoy the …

Delivered at Blessed Sacrament Church, 10 April 2020

Father Connor Danstrom (of Three Dogs North fame) mentioned he puts out the audio only of his Masses on his podcast. I found the idea appealing--a …

After a brief comment on the intercession of Saint Joseph in our community, we pause and try to swallow the improbable reality that God was tempted, and what that can mean for our own mortifications and determination to …

One of the most powerful sermons I have ever read by St. John Henry Newman speaks of the need to risk something for a future reward--by which is …

This homily for Catholic Schools Week is an invitation for all our parishioners to dig deep into the question: why do we have a Catholic School? Is …

Our parishes have been participating in the Seven Sundays of Saint Joseph Devotion, culminating with his Solemn Feast Day the 19th of March. I spoke …

The silence we keep is the condition of growth in prayer, and can even become prayer itself.

The book quoted, referencing the effect that the widespread adoption of confession according to the Irish monks had on western civilization, is …

You see, there's good fire, and then there's bad fire...

This homily was the first homily Father Blaha delivered at the English-speaking Masses at Blessed Sacrament, Christ the King, and Our Lady & St. Rose.

A follow-up from last week's archival post, about the call to be transformed in that realm St. James calls the "bridle of the whole body"––our …

Since I’m away for continued studies this summer, it seemed worthwhile to dig through the archives and re-publish older homilies that were well …

Using the Litany of Trust by the Sisters of Life, it's not a tough thing to discover where the Spirit is trying the heart.

I thought I'd be wobblier.

The line on that hook is ever so fine, but it reaches to the heavens

" Lightly men talk of saying what they mean. Often when he was teaching me to write in Greek the Fox would say, ‘Child, to say the very thing you …

David understood that conflict among the Anointed was nonsense. Why can't we?

The first of a three part series: why should we believe God exists? Why should we think about arguments about why God exists?

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,
because the LORD has anointed me
to bring good tidings to the afflicted;
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and the opening of the …

Latest episode of Didde Center Homily Podcasts

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Asking God to accept our sacrifice implies it might not be. This homily addresses what must be offered, how it is to be offered, under what forms it is to be offered, and by whom it is offered in order to be a pleasing …

We're grateful to Phil Couture for making the trip from Denver, Colorado to speak to us about his years as a missionary to the homeless on the …

Baruch's prophecy in light of Xavier Beauvais' 2011 film OF GODS AND MEN. Stream the film on Amazon, or for a more extended treatment, check out John Kiser's biography THE MONKS OF TIBHIRINE.

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A call to unclench our fists and let the Church tell us an Advent story.

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(2 of 2) Q&A from our evening with Dan Kerr, President of Saint Martin's Academy in Fort Scott, KS.

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(Part 1 of 2) Daniel Kerr, President of newly founded Saint Martin's Academy, a boarding school and working farm in southeast Kansas, wants education …

On the centennial of the Armistice ending the Great War, a meditation on the reproach of Christians and our need to embrace a real hope in the midst of the disasters from which we cannot deliver ourselves.

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What if we celebrated Halloween like it was meant to be celebrated?

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On dangerous bedtime habits, a spiritual tip from a recovering alcoholic, and the canonization of Pope Saint Paul VI

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We welcomed Dr. Patrick Callahan to ESU for a great meditation on education, imitation, and the Trinity.

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A delightful introduction to the figure of G.K. Chesterton by the President of the American Chesterton Society, Dale Ahlquist - Talks on the Rocks, …

Speak Lord, your servant is listening.

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The Blessed Angela of Foligno said, “If we knew the just value of suffering for God, it would become an object of plunder”–which is as much as to say …

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Welcome back, Hornets! This week’s homily is a reflection on starting off on the right foot.

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Homilies referenced:

A QUESTION OF CONSCIENCE:

A QUESTION OF CONSCIENCE – Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Lent



HIRELINGS (on Humanae Vitae, with extensive supplemental material):

HIRELINGS – Homily for the 4th Sunday of Easter

Nurses are the most trusted professionals in America.

Their reputation is deserved, but nothing comes without a cost.

Natalie offers some straight talk about the joys and challenges that nurses & medical professionals …

Pentecost Sunday 2018

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Read Father James Dominic Brent’s essay on chastity and contraception (click title below to read):



The link to the 1990 document by the Philippine …

 

“Quasimodo’s cathedral was enough for him. It was peopled with marble figures of kings, saints and bishops who at least did not laugh in his face …

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Simply the best thing I’ve ever read on conscience can be found here: http://www.ewtn.com/library/curia/ratzcons.htm

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The kickoff for our Rise Night for the Spring 2018 semester. Michael Duryea, director of liturgy at Sacred Heart in Emporia, KS, was kind enough to …

A Lenten Kickoff.

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Thanks to Our Sunday Visitor for making Dale Ahlquist’s visit possible!

You can buy Dale’s (and Chesterton’s) recommended books here: …

 

I’d like to coin a new acronym: VIPYNHO (pronounced “VIP – in – how”). As in, Very Important Person You Never Heard Of.

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Excerpts from “Who is a Christian?” by Hans Urs von Balthasar

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The final Rise Night of the semester (and wrap up to our theme of “Love in the Ruins” presents some testimony around what it means to love our families well–and discover the sweetness hidden in them.

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The prayer of Saint Anselm quoted at length in the homily can be found here.

As promised in the homily, more information on the immigration issue:

The USCCB released a document in 2003 on immigration entitled “Strangers …

“Take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a snare; for it will come upon all who dwell upon the face of …