web01.fireside.fm Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:11:42 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Luke 10:41 - Episodes Tagged with “B” https://frwill.fireside.fm/tags/b Sun, 19 May 2024 09:30:00 -0500 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 Healing Divisions; Bringing Communion | Homily for Pentecost Sunday 2024| Fr. Will Rooney https://frwill.fireside.fm/2024-05-19 f5f8aaec-407e-4b9a-9cb8-1616a50c9786 Sun, 19 May 2024 09:30:00 -0500 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney 13:22 no Catholic, faith, mass No one can steal your joy. | Homily for 8th Grade Graduation Mass 2024 | Fr. Will Rooney https://frwill.fireside.fm/2024-05-10 ad12cef0-eb23-4e0d-be00-0b8c524a0ba9 Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:00 -0500 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney 13:52 no Catholic, faith, mass Friendship with Jesus | Homily for the Sixth Sunday of Easter | Fr. Will Rooney https://frwill.fireside.fm/2024-05-05 df1176c9-d5de-45a5-b82c-32a1f0646d81 Sun, 05 May 2024 20:30:00 -0500 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney 10:49 no Catholic, faith, mass WHAT IF I BECAME A TURKEY? | Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Easter | Fr. Will Rooney https://frwill.fireside.fm/2024-04-21 34061f74-d133-450a-b9aa-03831508c602 Sun, 21 Apr 2024 16:00:00 -0500 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney 9:37 no Catholic, faith, mass Loved Not Tolerated | Homily for the Third Sunday of Easter | Fr. Will Rooney https://frwill.fireside.fm/2024-04-14 69ec331c-0083-4ee8-a6a7-f7a617d27ef0 Sun, 14 Apr 2024 12:00:00 -0500 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney 11:56 no Catholic, faith, mass Where’s Jesus? He Thirsts for you! | Homily for 3rd Sunday of Lent | Fr. Will Rooney https://frwill.fireside.fm/2024-03-03 07fa912d-df4a-4f93-b251-a30f98f96eab Sun, 03 Mar 2024 15:00:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney Where's Jesus been in your life this week? How are you doing in allowing him to teach you how to resist temptation like he taught in the Gospel 2 weeks ago? Are you thinking of heaven? What about sacrifice and glory? In this week's message (only in audio), we find ourselves near a well in Samaria, longing for lasting joy. Often, we seek worldly pleasures to quench our thirst, forgetting that only Christ offers living water. Despite our misguided pursuits, He thirsts for our souls, offering fulfillment beyond earthly desires. As we hear His call, let us not harden our hearts, for He alone can satisfy our deepest longings. 13:10 no Catholic, faith, mass Glory and Sacrifice | Homily for the Second Sunday of Lent | Fr. Will Rooney https://frwill.fireside.fm/2024-02-25 f3bf8891-a005-489b-8ddc-15737ddf916b Sun, 25 Feb 2024 15:00:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney Each Sunday in Lent we will ask "Where's Jesus?" so that we can be with him and imitate him. Today, we are on Mount Tabor, and Jesus teaches we are called to glory. In the very act of showing us the end, Jesus also shows us that the glory of the Resurrection only comes about through sacrifice. And that the sacrifice of faith, the sacrifice which God asks of us, requires some sort of death. 14:03 no https://stmarytempletx.org/news/2024-02-25 Catholic, faith, mass https://stmarytempletx.org/news/2024-02-25

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]]> Where's Jesus? | Homily for 1st Sunday of Lent | Fr. Will Rooney https://frwill.fireside.fm/2024-02-18 9fa93349-45cc-4f45-a473-877a2490d1ec Sun, 18 Feb 2024 17:00:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney Each Sunday in Lent we will ask "Where's Jesus?" so that we can be with him and imitate him. 13:05 no Catholic, faith, mass Invitation to Imitation | Homily for 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time | Fr. Will Rooney https://frwill.fireside.fm/2024-02-11 b108bcce-b259-4e67-854d-3249c9a37d83 Mon, 12 Feb 2024 15:00:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney 8:29 no Catholic, faith, mass Called for Love | Homily for the 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time | Fr. Will Rooney https://frwill.fireside.fm/2024-01-28 832abeb6-3218-462b-aff1-34840eb3943b Sun, 28 Jan 2024 15:00:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney Jesus calls each one of us by name to holiness and mission. This means he calls us to love as he loved offering ourselves for love! 11:58 no Catholic, faith, mass Called By Name | Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time | Fr. Will Rooney https://frwill.fireside.fm/2024-01-21 d0d10a17-274f-4a70-b0af-31f4f89bd2fa Sun, 21 Jan 2024 09:30:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney Jesus calls each one of us by name. 17:29 no Catholic, faith, mass, vocations, priesthood Called and Chosen | Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time | Fr. Will Rooney https://frwill.fireside.fm/2024-01-14 f9254d73-1cbb-42a6-a2d0-668453b73ec1 Mon, 15 Jan 2024 14:00:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney The Bad News: We are all broken. The Good News: We are all called and chosen by the Lord for Holiness and its possible. 9:37 no https://youtu.be/rfg3C9s2gOU Catholic, faith, mass, vocations, called https://youtu.be/rfg3C9s2gOU

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]]> The Revelation that Changes Us | Homily for the Feast of the Epiphany | Dcn. Matt Hoelscher https://frwill.fireside.fm/2024-01-07-dcn-matt b1b9d3eb-2080-4aee-9cf3-0d81def4f95a Sun, 07 Jan 2024 09:30:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney 9:33 no Catholic, faith, mass God Revealed: What's Our Response? | Homily for the Feast of the Epiphany | Dcn. Barney Rodriguez https://frwill.fireside.fm/2024-01-07-dcn-barney 67dc09ab-bede-4a40-97ae-5460b089c1dd Sun, 07 Jan 2024 07:30:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney 10:10 no Catholic, faith, mass It's a Family Affair | Homily for Feast of the Holy Family | Fr. Will Rooney https://frwill.fireside.fm/2023-12-31 e2df3da8-20ae-427d-8178-eed399e4888e Sun, 31 Dec 2023 11:30:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him. (Lk 2:40) 14:20 no Catholic, faith, mass 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.

]]> 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.

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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.

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