Fr. Will Rooney
Host of Luke 10:41
Fr. Will Rooney was baptized at St. Anthony’s Parish in Bryan, TX where his parents had been married. He has two younger brothers, David and Travis. Will received his First Communion at St. Anthony’s and around that time began to think about becoming a priest. Will was confirmed at St. Thomas Aquinas in May 2006. During high school, he actively participated in the parish youth group and was involved in robotics competitions. He and his brothers also raised poultry for 4-H and FFA projects. Upon graduation from A&M Consolidated High School in 2009, Will studied Biological and Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M University. While at A&M, he worked as a Middle School youth minister and felt a growing desire toward priesthood. In his senior year at A&M, he decided to apply for seminary, was accepted, and began attending Holy Trinity Seminary for pre-theology after he graduated. Two years later, Will was sent to St. Mary’s Seminary in Houston for theological studies. He served his pastoral year at St. Louis, King of France, Catholic Church and School in Austin (2017-2018). He was ordained to the Diaconate May 18, 2019 and currently ministers at Our Lady of the Visitation in Lockhart, TX. He was be ordained to the priesthood June 27, 2020 and currently ministers at St. Mary Cathedral in Austin, TX
Fr. Will Rooney has hosted 137 Episodes.
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Spoken to us (Christmas Day Homily)
January 12th, 2021 | Season 2 | 13 mins 28 secs
catholic, christmas, faith, mass, revelation, word
Learning is a new language is a tremendously difficult undertaking. A. Through his Word and out of his great goodness, all things came into being. This means that all creation speaks, so to speak, of the Creator. The invisible and visible creation all points to the goodness of the creator. God is speaking to us; creation, the prophets, the law and in a sense all things are the voice he uses to reveal himself. This is what the letter to the Hebrews speaks of today: “In times past, God spoke in partial and various ways to our ancestors through the prophets” When the Word becomes flesh, when he Robes himself with human nature, there can be no greater self-revelation.
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Vocational Discernment with Seminarian Mike Keathley
January 11th, 2021 | Season 2 | 1 hr 33 mins
discernment, prudence, vocations
Cathedral and Diocese of Austin Seminarian Mike Keathley shares from a Thomistic perspective what discernment of vocation means. Desire, prudence, and the philosophy of the human person are discussed.
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Generations - Who, What, and Why?
January 10th, 2021 | Season 2 | 12 mins 56 secs
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The genealogy and the that we just heard tells us something about the one whose birth we celebrate in splendor tonight. The one whom we celebrate today is long awaited. The genealogy also includes a wide mixture of great saints and great sinners and people in between. B. The radical claim of Christianity is that the Word who spoke creation into being became a Baby who could not speak a word. God becomes incarnate. He takes on flesh and blood. He takes on a human mind and a human will. He assumes humanity to himself. He became like us in all things but sin.
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How do we wait? We wait with faith.
December 21st, 2020 | Season 2 | 13 mins 48 secs
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Are you ready? Are you prepared? Essentially, when we say we are prepared, we are saying that we are equal to the challenge which will come. But the thing is that we often do not know what the challenges will be before we face them. Mary teaches us that though we may not be able to be completely prepared, we can say yes. As a child trusts that his parents are there for him and will provide what he needs, so also, we must recognize that God is always working for the good of those who love him – even when we do not know how. This is called faith and it is an essential aspect, perhaps the most fundamental aspect of our waiting as Christians. Together moved by our faith we joyfully wait together with eyes fixed on heaven because we need a heavenly savior. Come quickly, Lord Jesus!
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How do we wait? We wait with joy because the Lord is near
December 15th, 2020 | Season 2 | 12 mins 54 secs
advent, b, gaudete, joy, love, peace
We face difficult times. All of this can cause us to also reject that it is possible for us to rejoice at all times. But as Christians, this attitude comes with a problem. Saint Paul commanded us in the second reading to "Live always joyful, pray without ceasing, give thanks on every occasion." Brothers and sisters, how can we rejoice like Saint Paul?
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How do we wait? We wait together
December 7th, 2020 | Season 2 | 16 mins 4 secs
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We do not get to choose whether or even how long we wait, but we do get to choose how we wait. We wait because we are human; but how we wait determines whether we flourish or fail as human persons. How do we wait? We wait together. We wait for salvation, not so much as individuals, but in communion with one another.
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Prudent Generosity
November 9th, 2020 | Season 2 | 15 mins 26 secs
catholic, faith, mass, prudent, virtue
Everyone wants to be generous, but many times we fail to act generously. How do we decide how to be generous? We need prudence to be able to make decisions about the best way to be generous. Prudence is the virtue directed towards choosing the means towards happiness. But here’s the thing: for us as Christians, prudence must consider an eternal perspective. We are not made for merely natural flourishing, but eternity with heaven. In the end, all the material things will fall away. The material has a place, but it is not everything. In the end, the material things, even honor, prestige, and all the things we fear losing in this world will evaporate. The things will not matter in themselves but only how we used them or failed to use them in service to their more excellent end – charity towards God and our neighbor. In the twilight of our lives, says St. John of the Cross, we will be judged by our love
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Non-Anxious Rendering
October 19th, 2020 | Season 2 | 16 mins
catholic, disagreement, elections, faith, justice, mass, politics, prudence, state
Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God (Mt 22:21)
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Will you go to the feast?
October 11th, 2020 | Season 2 | 14 mins 26 secs
catholic, faith, heaven, hell, king, love, mass, wedding
To be disregarded or despised is a painful experience for us human beings. Have you considered that God, in creating free persons, opened himself to being despised and disregarded? From the beginning, he opened himself to the possibility of being despised and disregarded. The Cross is God’s answer to this. It comes down to this: will let him love us? Will we accept his gift or spurn it? He loves you. Will you disregard him, despise him, or will you receive him and be saved?
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Hurting and Healing
September 15th, 2020 | Season 2 | 12 mins 20 secs
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Our false image of God can get in the way of completely receiving his mercy. When that happens often desperately grasp after other things in order to try and earn our way to heaven. This grasping, which is sin, harms us and harms others. It will cause us to lose the joy that we should have as Christians.
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Amarás a tu prójimo como a ti mismo
September 10th, 2020 | Season 2 | 9 mins 55 secs
23, amar, catholic, domingo, espanol, faith, homilia, mass, missa, of, ot
¿Porque un discípulo tiene que amar a su prójimo? Esta homilía fue dada en la ocasión del Bautismo, Confirmación, y Primer Comunión de dos niños de nuestra comunidad.
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Hobos for Heaven
September 9th, 2020 | Season 2 | 12 mins 18 secs
14, catholic, ef, faith, mass, post-pentecost
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given you besides. (Matt 6:33)
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Correcting with Love
September 7th, 2020 | Season 2 | 18 mins 7 secs
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If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone Matthew 18:15
“Reckon him no more amongst the number of thy brethren. But yet neither is his salvation on that account to be neglected. For the very heathen, that is, the Gentiles and Pagans, we do not reckon among the number of brethren; but yet are we ever seeking their salvation” – St. Augustine
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Grátias agámus Dómino Deo nostro
September 1st, 2020 | Season 2 | 11 mins 27 secs
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He prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. (Lk 17:16)
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Prophetic Anguish
August 31st, 2020 | Season 2 | 15 mins 36 secs
22, a, cross, of, prophecy, suffering, witness
The folly of the Cross becomes the salvation of all. Brothers and sisters, to share in his anguished heart which beats for every human soul. What greater joy could be found?
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Making friends by being friends
August 26th, 2020 | Season 2 | 12 mins 8 secs
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Christ himself is the Good Samaritan who finds you and me wounded and naked on the side of the road and heals us and raises us up. He makes us his neighbors and friends. We are called to invite others to become our neighbors by being their neighbors as Christ did for us. Then we must invite them to meet our best Friend, the Good Samaritan, Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns forever and ever.