web02.fireside.fm Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:01:00 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Luke 10:41 - Episodes Tagged with “Ask Seek Knock” https://frwill.fireside.fm/tags/ask%20seek%20knock Sun, 15 Feb 2026 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 The Sermon on the Mount | Part 3: A Reality Check (Ask, Seek, Knock) | Homily for the 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time https://frwill.fireside.fm/2026-02-15 7b505e5b-0a38-45ad-8e20-dbcbd56bcb90 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 09:30:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 4 Fr. William Rooney Jesus’ teaching isn’t meant to shame us—it’s a reality check that leads to humility, conversion, and grace: ask, seek, knock. 8:05 no In Part 3 of our Sermon on the Mount series, Fr. Will uses a ninth grade geometry story—an exam covered in red ink—to unpack what Jesus is doing in today’s Gospel. Christ, the Master Teacher, tells the truth about the human heart. He fulfills the law and then presses deeper, revealing that God desires more than outward compliance—he desires interior conversion. When we face the “reality check” of our weakness and sin, we usually fall into one of two traps: denial (“I’ll decide what’s right for me”) or despair (“I can’t do this, so why try?”). Jesus offers a third way: humility—admitting we need to change and asking him for help. The good news is that God doesn’t demand holiness from a distance. The Lord comes close, teaches us, and gives grace to live what he commands. As Jesus promises later in the Sermon on the Mount: Ask and you will receive. Seek and you will find. Knock and the door will be opened. Readings: Sirach 15:15–20; 1 Corinthians 2:6–10; Matthew 5:17–37 Catholic, faith, mass In Part 3 of our Sermon on the Mount series, Fr. Will uses a ninth grade geometry story—an exam covered in red ink—to unpack what Jesus is doing in today’s Gospel.

Christ, the Master Teacher, tells the truth about the human heart. He fulfills the law and then presses deeper, revealing that God desires more than outward compliance—he desires interior conversion.

When we face the “reality check” of our weakness and sin, we usually fall into one of two traps: denial (“I’ll decide what’s right for me”) or despair (“I can’t do this, so why try?”). Jesus offers a third way: humility—admitting we need to change and asking him for help.

The good news is that God doesn’t demand holiness from a distance. The Lord comes close, teaches us, and gives grace to live what he commands. As Jesus promises later in the Sermon on the Mount: Ask and you will receive. Seek and you will find. Knock and the door will be opened.

Readings: Sirach 15:15–20; 1 Corinthians 2:6–10; Matthew 5:17–37

]]> In Part 3 of our Sermon on the Mount series, Fr. Will uses a ninth grade geometry story—an exam covered in red ink—to unpack what Jesus is doing in today’s Gospel.

Christ, the Master Teacher, tells the truth about the human heart. He fulfills the law and then presses deeper, revealing that God desires more than outward compliance—he desires interior conversion.

When we face the “reality check” of our weakness and sin, we usually fall into one of two traps: denial (“I’ll decide what’s right for me”) or despair (“I can’t do this, so why try?”). Jesus offers a third way: humility—admitting we need to change and asking him for help.

The good news is that God doesn’t demand holiness from a distance. The Lord comes close, teaches us, and gives grace to live what he commands. As Jesus promises later in the Sermon on the Mount: Ask and you will receive. Seek and you will find. Knock and the door will be opened.

Readings: Sirach 15:15–20; 1 Corinthians 2:6–10; Matthew 5:17–37

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