web01.fireside.fm Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:46:38 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Luke 10:41 - Episodes Tagged with “Advent” https://frwill.fireside.fm/tags/advent Sun, 24 Dec 2023 09:30:00 -0600 Fr. Will is a Priest of the Diocese of Austin, TX - He sometimes blogs at. https://luke1041.com/ en episodic Homilies and talks by Fr. Will Rooney and other guests. Fr. William Rooney Fr. Will is a Priest of the Diocese of Austin, TX - He sometimes blogs at. https://luke1041.com/ no Fr. William Rooney williamlrooney@gmail.com Stay Focused | Homily For Fourth Sunday of Advent | Dcn. Matt https://frwill.fireside.fm/2023-12-24-dcn-matt 52b7ae04-9711-4910-a425-06fc035ff361 Sun, 24 Dec 2023 09:30:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney 6:54 no Catholic, faith, mass Waiting with Love | Homily for the Third Sunday of Advent | Fr. Will Rooney https://frwill.fireside.fm/2023-12-17 8618e24d-c097-4dff-9634-ffe1032edb59 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 09:30:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney Today the Church places before our eyes the greatest examples of waiting that we have in the Bible. John the Baptist and Mary, the Mother of Jesus. If we want to learn what to do in the waiting, we can look to them. What do they do in the waiting? Both Mary and John teach us how to wait – that we are in fact called to charity while we wait – both also specify that above all else our Charity is to direct others to an encounter with God. 17:25 no Catholic, faith, mass Waiting with Hope | Homily for the Second Sunday of Advent | Fr. Will Rooney https://frwill.fireside.fm/2023-12-10 0a92b6bf-fcc3-4449-b696-8e2721b36af8 Sun, 10 Dec 2023 09:30:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney When we know we are loved it changes everything, when we know we are awaited it changes everything. The story of Josephine Bakhita demonstrates the power of hope. Our faith leads us to trust God, and through it we come to hope in his promises. Hope then changes the way we wait. 19:58 no Catholic, faith, mass, advent, hope, Bahkita, homily, Waiting with Faith | Homily for the First Sunday of Advent | Fr. Will Rooney https://frwill.fireside.fm/2023-12-03 d26883e6-19f4-4318-bb2a-21037d3a24c0 Sun, 03 Dec 2023 09:30:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney O Lord make us turn to you; let us see your face, and we shall be saved. (Psalm 80:4) 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 humans. We wait in faith. We cry out in our waiting, O Lord make us turn to you; let us see your face, and we shall be saved. 16:24 no Act of Faith O my God, I firmly believe that you are one God in three divine Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I believe that your divine Son became man and died for our sins and that he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe these and all the truths which the Holy Catholic Church teaches because you have revealed them who are eternal truth and wisdom, who can neither deceive nor be deceived. In this faith I intend to live and die. Amen. Catholic, faith, mass, advent, faith, waiting Act of Faith

O my God, I firmly believe
that you are one God in three divine Persons,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
I believe that your divine Son became man
and died for our sins and that he will come
to judge the living and the dead.
I believe these and all the truths
which the Holy Catholic Church teaches
because you have revealed them
who are eternal truth and wisdom,
who can neither deceive nor be deceived.
In this faith I intend to live and die.
Amen.

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O my God, I firmly believe
that you are one God in three divine Persons,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
I believe that your divine Son became man
and died for our sins and that he will come
to judge the living and the dead.
I believe these and all the truths
which the Holy Catholic Church teaches
because you have revealed them
who are eternal truth and wisdom,
who can neither deceive nor be deceived.
In this faith I intend to live and die.
Amen.

]]> Share Jesus - Fourth Sunday of Advent 2022 (Fr. Will Rooney) https://frwill.fireside.fm/2022-12-18-fr-will e2515113-3ec8-4739-bf74-915a1bd99d56 Sun, 18 Dec 2022 18:00:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney Friends, Jesus Christ has come, and humanity in the person of Mary comes to know it first through the message of the messenger (angel) Gabriel. The question is for us – will we do the same for others? Will we share Jesus with others? 4. Sharing Jesus means inviting people to encounter Christ through authentic personal testimony involving actions and words. 17:27 no Through the entirety of history since his coming, people have shared this message of Good News. In every generation, in every age, this message has been proclaimed. In castles to Kings, and in the simplest of dwellings, in Churches and hospital rooms, among families and friends. In ease and in difficulty. In every age this good News has been repeated. In dramatic and non-dramatic circumstances. To rich and poor. To men and women, and to young and old this message has been proclaimed. And at some point, at some moment like Paul, you encountered this Good News. Whether you can remember the moment or not, someone shared this Good News with you. If this is your first time hearing it, I’m telling you this good news – Jesus, Emmanuel is come, he has conquered death. He is with us. My life is different – better – because I know Jesus. And if you know him, yours is also. But that only happened because someone shared Jesus with me, because someone, indeed many people, told me about Jesus and how much he loves me. The question is for us – will we do the same for others? Will we share Jesus with others? Catholic, faith, mass, homily, Advent, Jesus Through the entirety of history since his coming, people have shared this message of Good News. In every generation, in every age, this message has been proclaimed. In castles to Kings, and in the simplest of dwellings, in Churches and hospital rooms, among families and friends. In ease and in difficulty. In every age this good News has been repeated. In dramatic and non-dramatic circumstances. To rich and poor. To men and women, and to young and old this message has been proclaimed. And at some point, at some moment like Paul, you encountered this Good News. Whether you can remember the moment or not, someone shared this Good News with you. If this is your first time hearing it, I’m telling you this good news – Jesus, Emmanuel is come, he has conquered death. He is with us. My life is different – better – because I know Jesus. And if you know him, yours is also. But that only happened because someone shared Jesus with me, because someone, indeed many people, told me about Jesus and how much he loves me. The question is for us – will we do the same for others? Will we share Jesus with others?

]]> Through the entirety of history since his coming, people have shared this message of Good News. In every generation, in every age, this message has been proclaimed. In castles to Kings, and in the simplest of dwellings, in Churches and hospital rooms, among families and friends. In ease and in difficulty. In every age this good News has been repeated. In dramatic and non-dramatic circumstances. To rich and poor. To men and women, and to young and old this message has been proclaimed. And at some point, at some moment like Paul, you encountered this Good News. Whether you can remember the moment or not, someone shared this Good News with you. If this is your first time hearing it, I’m telling you this good news – Jesus, Emmanuel is come, he has conquered death. He is with us. My life is different – better – because I know Jesus. And if you know him, yours is also. But that only happened because someone shared Jesus with me, because someone, indeed many people, told me about Jesus and how much he loves me. The question is for us – will we do the same for others? Will we share Jesus with others?

]]> Share Jesus - Fourth Sunday of Advent 2022 (Fr. Brian Eilers) https://frwill.fireside.fm/2022-12-18-fr-brian c57b4301-109d-4fe6-a36e-49335c401fce Sun, 18 Dec 2022 18:00:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney What is the reason for your hope? To share Jesus means to share hope. How can you share your hope with others today and this Christmas? 15:07 no Catholic, faith, mass, homily, Advent, Jesus Live Jesus - Third Sunday of Advent 2022 (Fr. Will Rooney) https://frwill.fireside.fm/2022-12-11-fr-will 01609354-4126-42f3-93b7-354b8b74904e Sun, 11 Dec 2022 15:15:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney Will you live for Jesus? Will you let him live in you! Joy awaits, even in suffering. 13:10 no Catholic, faith, mass Live Jesus - Third Sunday of Advent 2022 (Fr. Brian Eilers) https://frwill.fireside.fm/2022-12-11-fr-brian df403243-6213-4ace-aa1a-ac76b109f4f6 Sun, 11 Dec 2022 15:00:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney 13:34 no Catholic, faith, mass Know Jesus - Second Sunday of Advent 2022 https://frwill.fireside.fm/2022-12-04 5e74c5ea-2bec-4571-afba-177ac55aa9e1 Sun, 04 Dec 2022 12:00:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney John helps us realize that we not only have to meet Jesus, but we need to know him. Its natural to ask questions about people when we meet them. The disciples and apostles do just this in the gospels – they ask questions. Where are you from? Who are you? What are you doing? To meet him and to know him are linked. As people who have meet this man Jesus we want to grow in knowledge of him. We want to know who he is (God), what he did (his life, death, and resurrection), how he continues to act today (the Church), and what our response (prayer, love, and following him). So here’s the challenge – set aside time this week to read one of the Gospels. And ask questions: in the silence ask Jesus to teach you to know who he is so you can love him more and see reality as it really is. 17:03 no The question used to be about getting information, but now it is much more a question of how to get the true information. Because we have so many sources of information being thrown at us, we are often overloaded and we cannot distinguish signal from noise, truth from fiction. Signal is information that matters, that helps you achieve the goals, and that allows you flourish because it allows the mind’s conformity with reality. It bears good fruit in your life. Noise is at best just trash, and at worst something that does the opposite. It leads you away from the goal. It does not bear good fruit. But though the noise is on an unprecedented scale; this is not a new problem. For as long as human history discerning which voices to listen to, which things to pay attention to has been a challenge. John like all the prophets before him helps those around him to see reality as it really is. To distinguish the noise from the signal. But he is the greatest of all the prophets because he himself will literally point out the light from light. The one who is truth himself. John helps us realize that we not only have to meet Jesus, but we need to know him. To meet him and to know him are linked. As people who have meet this man Jesus we want to grow in knowledge of him. We want to know who he is (God), what he did (his life, death, and resurrection), how he continues to act today (the Church), and what our response (prayer, love, and following him). John goes to the wilderness. He eats the same food over and over again, and wears simple clothing. Why? Because he knows that in order to encounter and learn about God he must cut the noise from his life. Friends do you have silence in your life? It is difficult to find it. But how can you find some silence? How can you develop a habit of silence? Study is the opposite of vain curiosity – it seeks to gain knowledge and wisdom not just information. It asks big questions and goes deep into topic or person at hand. It uses the best resources. So here’s the challenge – set aside time this week to read one of the Gospels. And ask questions: in the silence ask Jesus to teach you to know who he is so you can love him more and see reality as it really is. Catholic, faith, mass, homily, Advent, knowing Jesus The question used to be about getting information, but now it is much more a question of how to get the true information. Because we have so many sources of information being thrown at us, we are often overloaded and we cannot distinguish signal from noise, truth from fiction. Signal is information that matters, that helps you achieve the goals, and that allows you flourish because it allows the mind’s conformity with reality. It bears good fruit in your life. Noise is at best just trash, and at worst something that does the opposite. It leads you away from the goal. It does not bear good fruit.

But though the noise is on an unprecedented scale; this is not a new problem. For as long as human history discerning which voices to listen to, which things to pay attention to has been a challenge. John like all the prophets before him helps those around him to see reality as it really is. To distinguish the noise from the signal. But he is the greatest of all the prophets because he himself will literally point out the light from light. The one who is truth himself.

John helps us realize that we not only have to meet Jesus, but we need to know him. To meet him and to know him are linked. As people who have meet this man Jesus we want to grow in knowledge of him. We want to know who he is (God), what he did (his life, death, and resurrection), how he continues to act today (the Church), and what our response (prayer, love, and following him).

John goes to the wilderness. He eats the same food over and over again, and wears simple clothing. Why? Because he knows that in order to encounter and learn about God he must cut the noise from his life. Friends do you have silence in your life? It is difficult to find it. But how can you find some silence? How can you develop a habit of silence? Study is the opposite of vain curiosity – it seeks to gain knowledge and wisdom not just information. It asks big questions and goes deep into topic or person at hand. It uses the best resources. So here’s the challenge – set aside time this week to read one of the Gospels. And ask questions: in the silence ask Jesus to teach you to know who he is so you can love him more and see reality as it really is.

]]> The question used to be about getting information, but now it is much more a question of how to get the true information. Because we have so many sources of information being thrown at us, we are often overloaded and we cannot distinguish signal from noise, truth from fiction. Signal is information that matters, that helps you achieve the goals, and that allows you flourish because it allows the mind’s conformity with reality. It bears good fruit in your life. Noise is at best just trash, and at worst something that does the opposite. It leads you away from the goal. It does not bear good fruit.

But though the noise is on an unprecedented scale; this is not a new problem. For as long as human history discerning which voices to listen to, which things to pay attention to has been a challenge. John like all the prophets before him helps those around him to see reality as it really is. To distinguish the noise from the signal. But he is the greatest of all the prophets because he himself will literally point out the light from light. The one who is truth himself.

John helps us realize that we not only have to meet Jesus, but we need to know him. To meet him and to know him are linked. As people who have meet this man Jesus we want to grow in knowledge of him. We want to know who he is (God), what he did (his life, death, and resurrection), how he continues to act today (the Church), and what our response (prayer, love, and following him).

John goes to the wilderness. He eats the same food over and over again, and wears simple clothing. Why? Because he knows that in order to encounter and learn about God he must cut the noise from his life. Friends do you have silence in your life? It is difficult to find it. But how can you find some silence? How can you develop a habit of silence? Study is the opposite of vain curiosity – it seeks to gain knowledge and wisdom not just information. It asks big questions and goes deep into topic or person at hand. It uses the best resources. So here’s the challenge – set aside time this week to read one of the Gospels. And ask questions: in the silence ask Jesus to teach you to know who he is so you can love him more and see reality as it really is.

]]> Meet Jesus - First Sunday of Advent 2022 https://frwill.fireside.fm/2022-11-28 ac8ba125-f3f8-461d-843c-ab2424619cd6 Mon, 28 Nov 2022 09:00:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney How do we meet Jesus? The meeting we desire to have now with the Lord is one that leads us to discover (or rediscover) who Jesus is, why he matters, and which leads to a desire to follow him as a disciple. It is only that type of resolve that will make the meeting we experience at the end of time not be like that of strangers but rather that of friends. A disciple is one who has resolved to run to meet the Lord in every aspect of his life his life has been changed because he knows Jesus. He is a friend of the king who is coming. How can you resolve to run to meet the Lord? 11:54 no When you were a little kid someone had to teach you how to meet people. We don’t think about it a lot, but meeting people is a skill and like every skill we can be better or worse at it and we can improve or get worse. Two factors influence our practice for anything: the probability of the event occurring and the importance of that event. The greater the probability or the importance of an event the more preparation for action we are willing to undertake. The Lord tells us in the Gospel for the First Sunday of Advent of a meeting between him and us which will happen and which will be life altering. He will come again and his coming will change everything. Given the probability (100%) and the importance of this meeting (infinite), we each need to ask ourselves a question: Does my entire way of acting in the world reflect the fact that the King is coming and I will meet him? But how? How do you get ready to meet Jesus at the end of time or at the end of your life? The same way you get ready for any other thing: you practice, and you learn from others who have practiced. You learn how to meet Jesus by meeting him and learning from others who have met him. What kind of meeting do we need now to practice? The meeting we desire to have now with the Lord is one that leads us to discover (or rediscover) who Jesus is, why he matters, and which leads to a desire to follow him as a disciple. It is only that type of resolve that will make the meeting we experience at the end of time not be like that of strangers but rather that of friends. A disciple is one who has resolved to run to meet the Lord in every aspect of his life his life has been changed because he knows Jesus. He is a friend of the king who is coming. How can you set aside 5 minutes each day to meet Jesus? Catholic, faith, mass When you were a little kid someone had to teach you how to meet people. We don’t think about it a lot, but meeting people is a skill and like every skill we can be better or worse at it and we can improve or get worse. Two factors influence our practice for anything: the probability of the event occurring and the importance of that event. The greater the probability or the importance of an event the more preparation for action we are willing to undertake. The Lord tells us in the Gospel for the First Sunday of Advent of a meeting between him and us which will happen and which will be life altering. He will come again and his coming will change everything. Given the probability (100%) and the importance of this meeting (infinite), we each need to ask ourselves a question: Does my entire way of acting in the world reflect the fact that the King is coming and I will meet him?

But how? How do you get ready to meet Jesus at the end of time or at the end of your life? The same way you get ready for any other thing: you practice, and you learn from others who have practiced. You learn how to meet Jesus by meeting him and learning from others who have met him.

What kind of meeting do we need now to practice? The meeting we desire to have now with the Lord is one that leads us to discover (or rediscover) who Jesus is, why he matters, and which leads to a desire to follow him as a disciple. It is only that type of resolve that will make the meeting we experience at the end of time not be like that of strangers but rather that of friends. A disciple is one who has resolved to run to meet the Lord in every aspect of his life his life has been changed because he knows Jesus. He is a friend of the king who is coming.

How can you set aside 5 minutes each day to meet Jesus?

]]> When you were a little kid someone had to teach you how to meet people. We don’t think about it a lot, but meeting people is a skill and like every skill we can be better or worse at it and we can improve or get worse. Two factors influence our practice for anything: the probability of the event occurring and the importance of that event. The greater the probability or the importance of an event the more preparation for action we are willing to undertake. The Lord tells us in the Gospel for the First Sunday of Advent of a meeting between him and us which will happen and which will be life altering. He will come again and his coming will change everything. Given the probability (100%) and the importance of this meeting (infinite), we each need to ask ourselves a question: Does my entire way of acting in the world reflect the fact that the King is coming and I will meet him?

But how? How do you get ready to meet Jesus at the end of time or at the end of your life? The same way you get ready for any other thing: you practice, and you learn from others who have practiced. You learn how to meet Jesus by meeting him and learning from others who have met him.

What kind of meeting do we need now to practice? The meeting we desire to have now with the Lord is one that leads us to discover (or rediscover) who Jesus is, why he matters, and which leads to a desire to follow him as a disciple. It is only that type of resolve that will make the meeting we experience at the end of time not be like that of strangers but rather that of friends. A disciple is one who has resolved to run to meet the Lord in every aspect of his life his life has been changed because he knows Jesus. He is a friend of the king who is coming.

How can you set aside 5 minutes each day to meet Jesus?

]]> How do we wait? We wait with faith. https://frwill.fireside.fm/2020-12-20 b87ea8d4-ec73-4896-a783-944ffe0e0e55 Mon, 21 Dec 2020 19:00:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 2 Fr. William Rooney 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! 13:48 no Catholic, faith, mass, wait, OF, EF, B, Advent, 4 How do we wait? We wait with joy because the Lord is near https://frwill.fireside.fm/2020-12-13 aa70dc70-0f05-415d-a5cf-41ca932a7cf8 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 21:00:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 2 Fr. William Rooney 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? 12:54 no Brothers and sisters, how can we rejoice like Saint Paul? The first step, I believe is to admit that we are prisoners. Our prisons can be sins, addictions, bad habits, weakness. But also, we frequently suffer the effects of original sin such as physical illness and mental anxieties. So, we also suffer the effects of the sins of others in our society; sins cause a lot of trouble. They imprison us. We need as savior. But still with Saint Paul we have to rejoice. Why? Because, although the situation is so difficult, the Lord is already very close. He's already with us, he's come. At the same time, it will come. Rose is the color of the dawn that comes after a long cold winter night. For a Christian still on his journey in the world, joy and happiness come from hope. The Christian does not wait on a particular thing in the world, but the Dawn who has already dawned. Hope is the firm determination to go back and face the east to greet the son of man who is coming. Therefore, hope changes us now while at the same time directing us to the future that is not yet fulfilled. Catholic, faith, mass, joy, love, peace, gaudete, advent, b Brothers and sisters, how can we rejoice like Saint Paul? The first step, I believe is to admit that we are prisoners. Our prisons can be sins, addictions, bad habits, weakness. But also, we frequently suffer the effects of original sin such as physical illness and mental anxieties. So, we also suffer the effects of the sins of others in our society; sins cause a lot of trouble. They imprison us. We need as savior.
But still with Saint Paul we have to rejoice. Why? Because, although the situation is so difficult, the Lord is already very close. He's already with us, he's come. At the same time, it will come. Rose is the color of the dawn that comes after a long cold winter night.
For a Christian still on his journey in the world, joy and happiness come from hope. The Christian does not wait on a particular thing in the world, but the Dawn who has already dawned.
Hope is the firm determination to go back and face the east to greet the son of man who is coming. Therefore, hope changes us now while at the same time directing us to the future that is not yet fulfilled.

]]> Brothers and sisters, how can we rejoice like Saint Paul? The first step, I believe is to admit that we are prisoners. Our prisons can be sins, addictions, bad habits, weakness. But also, we frequently suffer the effects of original sin such as physical illness and mental anxieties. So, we also suffer the effects of the sins of others in our society; sins cause a lot of trouble. They imprison us. We need as savior.
But still with Saint Paul we have to rejoice. Why? Because, although the situation is so difficult, the Lord is already very close. He's already with us, he's come. At the same time, it will come. Rose is the color of the dawn that comes after a long cold winter night.
For a Christian still on his journey in the world, joy and happiness come from hope. The Christian does not wait on a particular thing in the world, but the Dawn who has already dawned.
Hope is the firm determination to go back and face the east to greet the son of man who is coming. Therefore, hope changes us now while at the same time directing us to the future that is not yet fulfilled.

]]> How do we wait? We wait together https://frwill.fireside.fm/2020-12-06 7b9fb997-dc45-4426-b824-4cdd08b0adb5 Mon, 07 Dec 2020 18:15:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 2 Fr. William Rooney 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. 16:04 no - Catholic, faith, mass, OF, EF, Advent -

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