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Fr. David Hogan
by David Hogan
An opportunity to reflect upon the mysteries and truths of the Gospel in the midst of the peaks and valleys of everyday life.
Episodes
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Episode 347: Our Personal Vineyard
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time The vineyard referenced in our first reading and Gospel is representative of Israel, the chosen people. As decedents of Israel we do not own our own vineyards, but are simply stewards. We are responsible for caring for our own. We may understand the value of...
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Episode 346: Is Heaven Boring?
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Is heaven boring? Though we do not have exact evidence what heaven truly is—but we can also look at heaven from what it is not. Heaven is not simply escaping hell, receiving a reward, or looking down upon those who are lost. Heaven is perfect communion with…
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Episode 345: Life is Not Fair
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Life is not fair! We work hard, make sacrifices, and try to do what is right. Yet, others receive blessings, opportunities, and forgiveness for which we believe they have not earned. Hence comparison is the stealer of joy. In today's Gospel Jesus challenges…
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Episode 344: Proving Who Right
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Jesus calls us to love one another enough to speak the truth, listen with humility, and seek reconciliation. Christian correction is not about proving who is right, but about caring for one another and restoring relationships. When difficult conversations…
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Episode 343: Take Up Your Cross
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time We often think happiness will come when our circumstances finally change. But Jesus never promises us a life without suffering. He calls us to trust Him in the midst of it. Following Christ means letting go of control, turning away from sin, and allowing God…
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Episode 342: Seen and Known
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time In today's Gospel, we see a wonderful interaction between Jesus and Peter. Once Peter recognizes Jesus for who He truly is, his own identity and mission are revealed as well by Jesus. It is amazing to feel seen and known by God at the most intimate of levels....
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Episode 341: Felt Hunger
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Everyone knows what physical hunger feels like. But there is another hunger that is much harder to satisfy: the hunger to feel loved, accepted, safe, forgiven, and at peace. Many people spend their lives trying to fill that hunger with success, entertainment,...
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Episode 340: The Value of Something
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Garage sales epitomize the expression, "one man's junk is another man's treasure." Hence, how do we determine the real value of something? King Solomon provides guidance in our first reading for today. In order to determine the value of something King Solomon...
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Episode 339: Come All Who Are Weary
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Our modern culture glorifies being busy, productive, and in control. Additionally, many people carry invisible burdens such as stress, anxiety, grief, family struggles, financial pressures, addictions, and exhaustion. In our Gospel for today Jesus offers us a...
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Episode 338: A Proud Father
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time Today we celebrate The Lord's Day and Father's day. Children can learn many things from their fathers such as how to ride a bike, throw a football, work hard, and persevere through difficult times. Unfortunately, father's day can also be a painful reminder of the...
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Episode 337: Hold Nothing Back
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Receiving Holy Communion is not a reward for good people, but food for pilgrims on the journey. Why does it seem like some people are changed and others are not at Mass? One word...receptivity. When people come to Mass, we can come out of...
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Episode 336: Magnificent Humanity
Holy Trinity Sunday Pope Leo XIV's prophetic encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, writes about the gift of the human person and the spiritual battles of the interior life and relationships that will continue to arise as a result of the influence of artificial intelligence. The more artificial the…
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Episode 335: Seeing A New World
Pentecost Sunday There are two themes we see in the accounts of the Resurrected Lord: He shows us His wounds while also offering us peace. Depending on how we view our ungodly self-reliance, we have the opportunity to not only experience God's mercy and love, but we are also able to offer the…
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Episode 334: Ascension is Not Absence
The Ascension of the Lord In today's Gospel, we hear Jesus' final words before His glorious Ascension into heaven: "Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations." Though this was part of God's plan, there is a tempting belief that Jesus has now abandoned us. Think about our prayer lives. The...
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Episode 333: Saints in Training
Fifth Sunday in Easter God does not work with finished projects. Rather, He builds them. Like a construction site, which is messy, loud, unfinished, yet purposeful. So too, is the Church in the world today. St. Peter reminds you and I that we are living stones being built up into a spiritual…
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Episode 332: The Shepherd Summons
Fourth Sunday in Easter As the Church celebrates Good Shepherd Sunday, it is important to take the time to reflect upon your calling or vocation. Vocation (Vocare) means a call or summons. In John 10, Jesus says, " My sheep hear my voice...and they follow me." Life in Christ is not an escape from...
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Episode 331: Their Eyes Were Opened
Third Sunday in Easter Have you ever walked away from something thinking, "I didn't get anything out of that." Unfortunately, that is how many people experience Mass. "I go...but I do not feel anything." In our Gospel for today, the two disciples leaving Jerusalem felt the same way. They just...
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Episode 330: He Is Truly Risen
The Resurrection of the Lord The Mass of Easter Day On Easter Sunday, we proclaim with joy that Jesus Christ is risen, and death no longer has the final word. The empty tomb is not just an event of the past, but a living invitation to new life here and now. In every place of darkness, sin, or...
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Episode 329: Who Is This?
Palm Sunday When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was shaken and asked, “Who is this?” The crowd answered correctly that Jesus is a prophet from Nazareth in Galilee. The crowd, like much of humanity, also got the answer woefully wrong. The question, who is He, resides in every human heart....
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Episode 328: Roll Away the Stone
Fifth Sunday in Lent Today's Gospel seems to touch on a delicate part of humanity which is that when things get bad God seems to abandons us. Instead, Jesus intentionally waits to visit Martha and Mary at the news of Lazarus' sickness and death so that something greater can take place. Some of us...
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Episode 327: Glass Lenses
4th Sunday in Lent As a person matures in their faith, one realizes how blind they were prior to seeing more clearly. This is exactly what today's Gospel is about. Many people think they can see clearly. But Jesus shows us that the deepest blindness is spiritual blindness. "For you were once...
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Episode 326: The Suffering Wilderness
Second Sunday in Lent Leading up to the Transfiguration, Jesus predicts his own passion and death. Given the traumatic events that will eventually take place, Jesus knew his most faithful followers' faith will be shaken. St. Leo the Great states, "Christ revealed His glory to strengthen the...
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Episode 325: Desert of Temptation
1st Sunday of Lent The three temptations Christ experienced in the desert by Satan are of similar origin we as human beings face on a daily basis: comfort, spiritual pride, and power. Temptations do not imply sin as the struggle is part of growing in faith. Remember we are all saints in training....
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Episode 324: Wisdom of the Age
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Information, knowledge, and wisdom are three ways of knowing. Given what our senses tell us, everything we experience in this life has an expiration date. Yet, "we speak of God's wisdom, mysterious, hidden, which God predetermined before the ages for our glory, and...
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Episode 323: Blessed Are The "Unlucky"
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Often times the word blessed means successful, comfortable, and secure. In Jesus' sermon on the eight Beatitudes it seems Jesus speaks of “blessed,” as those who seem… unlucky. It may come as a surprise but Jesus equates blessed to be poor, meek, mourning, and...
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Episode 322: Behold the Lamb of God
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time When John the Baptist called out, "Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world." It is a revelation of who Jesus is. Reflecting more on this title of Christ, we are invited to consider who we are and what is our own mission. As we receive Christ in...
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Episode 321: Legends Never Die
The Epiphany of the Lord The magi, having been filled with joy, dangerous wonder, and obedience, followed the star which ultimately led to the site of our Lord's birth. Throughout this exciting and dangerous adventure, when challenged by God, the magi chose surrender and trust. The magi's journey...
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Episode 320: Families in Progress
Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph The simple truth is every family is imperfect. Jesus did not come into an ideal and wealthy household from a human standard standpoint, but into a real family with challenges. Jesus grew up learning, obeying, and depending upon Mary and Joseph....
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Episode 319: Into the Night
The Nativity of the Lord Merry Christmas! Christmas is not just remembering an event that took place over 2,000 years ago. Nor is attending Christmas Mass, simply a tradition, an obligation or family pressure. Christmas is an opportunity for people to encounter the living God in a new way. For...
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Episode 318: Expect the Unexpected
Fourth Sunday in Advent The fourth and final Sunday of Advent stands close to Christmas. Today’s Gospel centers on St. Joseph, a man faced with an unexpected pregnancy. His response teaches us how God asks us to choose trust over fear, mercy over judgement, and always life, even when the future...
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Episode 317: Advent: The School of Trust
Second Sunday in Advent Advent is certainly a season of waiting and trusting on the Lord, but it is also a reminder that God keeps His promises when we cannot see how. Advent trust means: Trusting God’s timing—He comes when the moment is right. Trusting God’s method—He comes humbly, quietly…
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Episode 316: Time to Wake from Sleep
First Sunday in Advent The season of advent opens with hope. Not fear but hope that God is coming to save His people. Hope is not passive optimism; but invites total conversion, a new way of thinking, seeing, and living the life of grace. Spiritual sleep, on the other hand, is associated with set...
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Episode 315: What Kind of King?
The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Jesus was one of the most misunderstood figures in history. From the beginning of his life, through the grace of the virgin birth until His death, many people, including his own followers found it difficult in understanding his mission...
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Episode 314: Differing World Views
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke's Gospel account outlines Jesus description of how the end of the world will come about. Jesus' sobering words offers readers the opportunity to see two differing world views, the world created by man and the world created by God via the story of…
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Episode 313: Hope Does Not Disappoint
The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls) Eschatology is the study of the last four things: death, judgement, heaven, and hell. All Souls Day reminds us of our communion with the dead, those who have gone before us marked with the sign of faith. As we pray, "Eternal rest grant…
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Episode 312: Pharisaic Faith
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Prayer is the oxygen we need to spiritually live. It is our primary connection with God. In today's Gospel we read about two individuals who enter the temple to pray with different postures of this fundamental reality: the pharisee and the tax collector. The...
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Episode 311: Run So As To Win
Twenty Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time All three of the Sunday Mass readings have the theme of perseverance. Moses persisting in the fight against the Amalek's, St. Paul in encouraging St. Timothy to remain faithful in teaching and witness both when it's convenient and inconvenient, and the...
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Episode 310: Steadfast Faith
Twenty Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Paul in his letter to St. Timothy encourages him to "fan into flame" the gift given him, not to be ashamed of witnessing Christ, and to hold fast to sound teaching. As Catholics we ought not to agree more. Scripture Readings for October 5, 2025 Habakkuk...
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Episode 309: Final Judgement Omissions
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time The prophet Amos challenges us to see the suffering around us and respond. He goes on to imply further that indifference to others' suffering is a moral failure. Our Gospel presents the reality of Amos' preaching via the telling of the story of the rich man…
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Episode 308: Responsibility of Stewards
Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Having taken to prayer many of the recent incidents of violence in our country, it is painful to see how we as a country do not see one another. Rather, we see political sides, division, and contempt. Though there is much strife, we are never too far gone.…
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Episode 307: Counting the Cost
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time “If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple” (Luke 14:25). These words of Jesus seem shocking and harsh. Instead, Jesus is using a literary device called...
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Episode 306: The Language of Suffering
Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time Jerusalem is understood as a spiritual reference to pain, suffering, sorrow, and death. These are all realities people attempt to avoid at all costs. Jesus, having freely taken up His own cross, teaches us that power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore,...
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Episode 305: An Already Blazing World
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Jesus assures his disciples the peace given to them will be diametrically opposed to the peace the world offers. How can Jesus be both the Prince of Peace who teaches his disciples to love their enemies and pray for those who persecute them. While also in today's...
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Episode 304: Of Gods and Men
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time An order of Trappist monks whose members live among the Muslim population in northern Africa. As the country is plunged into civil war in the mid-1990s, the men of God must decide whether to stay among the impoverished residents who have been their neighbors…
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Episode 303: Mental Garage
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time With Jesus in her home, Martha is "anxious and worried" because she fails to see the "one thing" that all her busyness is ordered to: attending to the Lord Jesus Christ. At some point all the success and progress we have made in our lives will be passed on to...
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Episode 302: Nefarious
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time The movie Nefarious (2023) tells the story on the day of a man’s scheduled execution, a convicted serial killer gets a psychiatric evaluation during which he claims he is a demon, and further claims that before their time is over, the psychiatrist will commit...
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Episode 301: The Miracle of Dunkirk
Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles The Miracle of Dunkirk refers to the large-scale evacuation of Allied soldiers from Dunkirk, France, during World War II. Trapped by German forces, over 338,000 British and Allied troops were rescued by a combined effort of the Royal Navy and civilian...
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Episode 300: The Body of Christ
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ The phrase Body of Christ was a deliberate chose of words for both the Eucharist and the Church. The Second Vatican Council calls the Church the people of God. The people of God are connected spiritually and invisibly to Christ through the...
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Episode 299: Chains of Trinitarian Gold
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity There is a essential link between God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) and humanity. St Paul outlines in our second reading today this necessary connection through the language of golden chains. Though there is much to say and can be said about the Most Holy...
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Episode 298: Soar Like Eagles
Ascension of the Lord There can be a temptation to think Jesus' ascension into heaven was his way of distancing himself physically and spiritually from humanity. Instead, Jesus reminds his disciples that he must go otherwise the Paraclete (Holy Spirit) will not come. Our Catholic Christian faith…
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