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Fr. Rene Pellessier's Homilies — 246 episodes

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Learning from Disabilities.m4a

2

A Handbook for Overcoming Temptation

3

Salty Gravy

4

Don’t Go to Church because of the Priest.m4a

5

Healing Insecurities

6

The Difference between a Mystery and a Problem.m4a

7

Holy Breath?

8

Dogma, Doctrine, Discipline.m4a

9

Novelty and Stability

10

Leo the Rock

11

Why Bad Things Happen to Good People

12

Remembering Pope Francis

13

Easter Vigil: The Plan Works

14

Handling Betrayal

15

Calm in the Face of Crisis

16

Goodbye Sasebo

17

Stealing your stuff and Cheating with your Wife

18

Passing Championships

19

Explaining the Presentation

20

Woe to the Rich

21

The Dynamics of Contemplation

22

How to Prevent an Identiy Crisis

23

How to Have an Epiphany

24

The Encouraging Holy Family

25

Christmas: A Story of Subjection

26

Discerning Authenticity

27

Humanity's Second Chance

28

A Pirate's Favorite Letter

29

FOR GLORY!

30

Messy Marriages

31

You are Only as Faithful as your Options

32

The Problem of Patriarchy

33

Ordinary Men

34

Mental Hygiene

35

Stop Being Such a Lazy Bum!

36

We Need Joy

37

Living to Eat

38

Forgetting Pain

39

Waiting to be King

40

Walking Through that Dark Valley

41

Why Priests are not the Best Evangelists

42

The Novice Linear Progression

43

For Every Crisis there is an Opportunity

44

Fathers: Images of God the Father

45

Growing People: A Reflection of Seven Years of Priesthood

46

Horses, Admirals, And The Body Of Christ

47

Thinking, Knowing, and Loving: A Lesson From the Trinity

48

Earth, Wind and Fire

49

You are Special

50

A Luxury for the Few or a Necessity for Everyone?

51

Jesus and Jonah

52

Vengeance and Mercy

53

Nixon and the Resurrection

54

Wielding Kingly Power

55

Lose Yourself

56

Facing the Consequences of our Sin

57

Destroying the Temple

58

Combat

59

Playing on the Field or Sitting on the Bench?

60

Good, Bad, Better: The Plot of Every Good Story

61

Why Can't Priest Get Married? It's not why you think...

62

Listening to God When He is Silent

63

Augustus v. Jesus

64

The Problem with Solving Problems...

65

Standing the Watch in the Spirit of Advent

66

Being a Man Like John the Baptist

67

Happy while Waiting

68

Justin Bieber: Loving Yourself or Loving Others?

69

Mufasa as Christ the King

70

A Heavenly Investment Strategy

71

Meaning of Wisdom

72

Dealing with Liars

73

Dressing for Respect

74

The War of the Wolves

75

The Wisdom of The Little Flower

76

Addressing Atheism: A Solution to the Problem of Evil

77

Why I don't like the Modern Translation of the Our Father

78

Digging for Treasure

79

Don't Make it Worse! A Homily on Iatrogenics

80

Growing the Word of God

81

The Glory of Joan of Arc

82

My Experience with YOLO

83

The Almighty Father

84

True Fear

85

The Eucharist: The Food that Sustained My Six Years of Priesthood

86

Knowing before Loving: Explaining the Trinity

87

Pentecost: The Church's Diversity Day

88

Mothers and the Eucharist

89

It's Complicated: Shepherds, Cattlemen, and the Freemasons

90

The Importance of the Holy Hour

91

Why I Hate Resiliency!

92

We follow a REAL KING!

93

Good Friday as Fulfillment of Passover

94

Do I Really Need to Confess my Sins to be Saved??

95

Confessing directly to God??

96

Maybe Yes. Maybe No.

97

Identifying with the Woman at the Well

98

Lust is a sin because it doesn't burn HOT ENOUGH

99

Satan and the Sphinx

100

Getting Thrown into a Lake

101

Is Becoming a Monk a Waste of Life?

102

Science disproves the Word of God?

103

Remembering Cardinal Pell: A Modern Day John the Baptist

104

Living like St. Joseph

105

Explaining the Immaculate Conception

106

The Fruit of Waiting

107

Explaining the "Rapture" Passage

108

Standing the Watch

109

Father Joseph Verbis Lafleur Memorial Mass

110

Sailors, Marines, and Laying down our Lives

111

St Joseph On Making Decisions

112

Getting Out The Boat: My Vocation Story

113

Rock Stars And The Miracle of the Loaves

114

What Pickpockets Can Teach Us About The Devil

115

To My Wisdom Family: Thank you and I love you

116

Deepening our faith in the Eucharist

117

Explaining the Trinity

118

Catholicism: An Antidote for Racism

119

Understanding the Ascension

120

What Does Christianity Offer Us?

121

Baccalaureate Mass Homily

122

Burning out: A lesson from the Road to Emmaus

123

Divine Mercy and the Tiger King!

124

Our Bodies will be Resurrected! Happy Easter!

125

There is no Obedience without Suffering

126

This Illness is not to End in Death!

127

Fasting from the Eucharist

128

The Lion King and the Transfiguration

129

Jesus's Withdrawal to the Desert was not a Retreat, it was a War

130

Lent is like Camping with God

131

Matchbox 20 And The Salt Of The Earth

132

A Message from Mary to Parents

133

Is the Bible True?

134

The God of Surprises

135

The Meaning Of Christ's Baptism

136

Marching with the Magi

137

The Mandalorian And The Baby Jesus

138

Why did St. Joseph resolve to Divorce Mary?

139

John the Baptist is not a Crazy person

140

Advent, a time to Prepare for the Second Coming

141

Stealing Heaven

142

How to Be at Peace while Experiencing Desolation

143

Why Priests Are Celibate

144

Wisdom Fall Mission On Discernment Of Spirits (Pt III)

145

Wisdom Fall Mission On The Discernment Of Spirits (Pt II)

146

Wisdom Fall Mission on the Discernment of Spirits (Pt I)

147

What's this Short Fat Guy Doing in a Tree?

148

The Catholic Church: Where Dreams Come True

149

Homecoming Mass 2019

150

Fighting in the Army of God

151

What to do In This Time of Crisis?

152

To Hell With The Prosperity Gospel

153

You Can Change The Culture

154

Christ's Warning To Jerusalem

155

The Power Of Silence

156

The Parable of the Two Brothers

157

Proof Of The Assumption

158

We Are Here To Help

159

You Are Worth It

160

Birth Control and The Time I Went To Jail

161

The Real Meaning of the Good Samaritan

162

Jesus as the New Moses

163

How to Quit Looking At Porn

164

The Trinity: An Antidote to Insanity

165

The Dangers of Receiving the Eucharist

166

The Ascension -- our way out of this world and into the next

167

Peace be with You

168

Easter Sunday after the Burning of Notre Dame de Paris

169

The Mystery of Divine Mercy

170

The Difficult Beauty of Marriage

171

God Has Our Best Interest In Mind

172

Why We Call It Passion Sunday

173

Bringing Down Planned Parenthood

174

What Have You And God Been Up To?

175

Is Jesus Coming Again?

176

Why I hate Les Miserables

177

Lent Is Not About Self-Improvement

178

Was Jesus Bitter Towards His Mom?

179

Dancing with Isabelle

180

Jesus Founded the Church on an Abortion Clinic

181

How To Be A Holy Family

182

Mary is an Antidote to Secularism

183

Oh Thank You Jesus!

184

The Source of our Gossip

185

The Problem with Genetically Editing Babies

186

How to Survive the Apocalypse

187

What Christ the King can teach us about Leadership

188

The Freedom of Fearing God

189

Veterans Day Mass

190

All Saints Day

191

How to Pray like a Pirate

192

Attaining Greatness

193

Overcoming the Dangers of Riches

194

Homecoming Mass

195

The Antidote for Anxiety: A Child-like Faith

196

Why can't Women be Priests?

197

Adopting a Sacramental Paradigm

198

Why I Became a Priest in these Troubling Times

199

Transubstantiation and the Scandals

200

Are we Vampires?

201

He is the Bread of Life, not the Avocado of Life

202

Real Men are Weak!

203

Asking For Jesus's Help

204

Rat Park: What a Study on Rats can teach us about Addictions and the Catholic Church

205

The Trinity -- Baffling the Mind and Calming the Heart

206

What Does it Mean to Love?

207

I Believe I can Fly

208

Living Eternally

209

Who are you?

210

Betting on God

211

Why Science without Faith does not Exist

212

What the Resurrection can Teach us about Psychological Health

213

How to Liberate our Bodies

214

How to Fight the Noonday Devil

215

Taking Action: Navigating the Movements of our Spiritual Lives

216

Discerning Spirits: What to Look For

217

The Story of St. Ignatius: An Introduction to the Discernment of Spirits

218

Why We no longer Sacrifice Animals

219

You're Either Going to Heaven or You're Going to Hell

220

When Jesus Declared War

221

Lent is like Preparing for the Super Bowl

222

Why Priests Can't Get Married

223

How to Evangelize your Family and Friends

224

Eastern Super Villans and The Magi

225

Wives do What!? -- The Difference Between Men and Women

226

Mythology, Philosophy, and Murder -- The Real Meaning of Christmas

227

How to Exceed your Childhood Dreams.

228

What is the Deal with this Pink Vestment?

229

Was John the Baptist Crazy?

230

Mary didn't do anything! (And that is why she is amazing)

231

We are not called to be Navel-Gazing Sleepy People!

232

Why Prayer Is Necessary For Salvation 11/11/2017

233

There ain't no Party like a Catholic Party!

234

Love Is Not A Feeling! It's a Virtue!

235

We Want God! A tribute to St. John Paul the Great 10/22 /17

236

What Kind of god Would Allow This To Happen? 10-9-17

237

Walking Along the Road to Glory

238

Avoiding Procrastination and Embracing Appreciation 9/24/17

239

The Joy of Debt 9/17/2017

240

The Mercy of Admonishing the Sinner 9/10/2017

241

"Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying"

242

Walking on Water 8/13/2017

243

Who Shall Climb the Mountain of the Lord -- Homily on the Transfiguration 8/6/2017

244

God or Nothing 7/29/2017

245

Weeds, Wheat, and the Missionaries of Charity 7/23/2017

246

Unbridled Power of Humility 8/19/2017