web01.fireside.fm Sat, 11 Apr 2026 20:00:31 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Luke 10:41 - Episodes Tagged with “Homily” https://frwill.fireside.fm/tags/homily Sun, 30 Apr 2023 11:00:00 -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 Homily for Fourth Sunday of Easter | Fr. Will Rooney | Apr 30, 2023 https://frwill.fireside.fm/2023-04-30-frwill 41c861b1-06ff-499e-a581-617ebe1da017 Sun, 30 Apr 2023 11:00:00 -0500 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney 16:37 no Catholic, faith, mass Homily for Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time | Fr. Will Rooney | Feb 19, 2023 https://frwill.fireside.fm/2023-02-19-frwill 7cc7fffd-c30c-4013-983e-77aa807d9f3f Sun, 19 Feb 2023 15:00:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney 14:24 no Catholic, faith, mass Homily for Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time | Fr. Will Rooney | Feb 5, 2023 https://frwill.fireside.fm/2023-02-05-frwill c01b761d-8947-4be2-983a-aa694fbc926d Sat, 04 Feb 2023 23:00:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney 15:16 no Readings https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020523.cfm Catholic, faith, mass Readings
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]]> Sacrifice, Lambs, and Offerings (Fr. Will Rooney - January 15, 2023) https://frwill.fireside.fm/2023-01-15-frwill a1526ebe-8ac8-4adc-8b16-fe994943bda5 Sun, 15 Jan 2023 16:15:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney What are you offering at Mass? Homily for 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A 13:42 no Catholic, faith, mass, Homily, Sacrifice, Offering Adore Jesus: The Answer to Your Restless Heart https://frwill.fireside.fm/2023-01-08-frwill 34d8b3bd-dbba-43ce-98b7-890992d29dc4 Tue, 10 Jan 2023 21:00:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney Lord, every nation on Earth will adore You! 13:42 no Catholic, faith, mass Reveal Jesus - Epiphany Homily - Fr. Brian https://frwill.fireside.fm/2023-01-08-frbrian 7148e82b-176a-464d-ab17-09a166793d16 Sun, 08 Jan 2023 12:45:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney Lord, every nation on earth will adore You! 14:15 no Catholic, faith, mass, Epiphany, revealed The Greatest Story Ever - Christmas Day 2022 - Fr. Will https://frwill.fireside.fm/2022-12-25-fr-will 765d39dd-69f4-4fee-949a-3bca735da787 Sun, 25 Dec 2022 12:00:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney God wrote the greatest story ever told and you are part of it. But more - he entered into it - to save you! 12:39 no Catholic, faith, mass, Christmas 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.

]]> Grátias agámus Dómino Deo nostro https://frwill.fireside.fm/2020-08-30-ef ce4e4bf5-7887-4bf9-8814-08a73d7e6785 Tue, 01 Sep 2020 09:00:00 -0500 Fr. William Rooney full 2 Fr. William Rooney He prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. (Lk 17:16) 11:27 no He prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. (Lk 17:16) The thanksgiving we offer during Mass must be extended. Our lives are meant to take on the character of the thanksgiving of the liturgy. God wants us to give thanks ultimately for our good, because he knows it will help us become what we are meant to be. Only in thanksgiving are we made whole are we wholly saved. Leo the Great: “For not to give Him thanks in all things, what else is it but to blame Him in some degree. Man’s folly too often dares to murmur against his Creator, not only in time of want, but also in time of plenty, so that, when something is not supplied, he complains, and when certain things are in abundance he is ungrateful Catholic, faith, mass, Extraordinary Form, EF, 13 He prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. (Lk 17:16)

The thanksgiving we offer during Mass must be extended. Our lives are meant to take on the character of the thanksgiving of the liturgy. God wants us to give thanks ultimately for our good, because he knows it will help us become what we are meant to be. Only in thanksgiving are we made whole are we wholly saved. Leo the Great: “For not to give Him thanks in all things, what else is it but to blame Him in some degree. Man’s folly too often dares to murmur against his Creator, not only in time of want, but also in time of plenty, so that, when something is not supplied, he complains, and when certain things are in abundance he is ungrateful

]]> He prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. (Lk 17:16)

The thanksgiving we offer during Mass must be extended. Our lives are meant to take on the character of the thanksgiving of the liturgy. God wants us to give thanks ultimately for our good, because he knows it will help us become what we are meant to be. Only in thanksgiving are we made whole are we wholly saved. Leo the Great: “For not to give Him thanks in all things, what else is it but to blame Him in some degree. Man’s folly too often dares to murmur against his Creator, not only in time of want, but also in time of plenty, so that, when something is not supplied, he complains, and when certain things are in abundance he is ungrateful

]]> Give them something yourself https://frwill.fireside.fm/2020-08-02-english-of 10d42e5a-9fa4-457f-bc73-c4aad8747617 Mon, 03 Aug 2020 16:30:00 -0500 Fr. William Rooney full 2 Fr. William Rooney Perhaps in encountering an impoverished person, we fear recognizing our own poverty and need: the truth that human beings exist fundamentally in relation. This fact is made perfectly clear in the incarnation, the enfleshment of Our Lord Jesus, who is God, needed his Mother. As we pass through our daily lives in the City of Austin, we encounter a vast multitude of people who do not know Jesus and who have never received the bread which will satisfy. The Lord’s words should resound in our ears: “there is no need for them to go away, give them some food yourselves.” 9:24 no “There is no need for them to go away; give them some food yourselves.” (Matt 14:16) Perhaps in encountering an impoverished person, we fear recognizing our own poverty and need: the truth that human beings exist fundamentally in relation. This fact is made perfectly clear in the incarnation, the enfleshment of Our Lord Jesus, who is God, needed his Mother. As we pass through our daily lives in the City of Austin, we encounter a vast multitude of people who do not know Jesus and who have never received the bread which will satisfy. The Lord’s words should resound in our ears: “there is no need for them to go away, give them some food yourselves.” Questions for us to ponder: 1. How do I react when I encounter poverty and the impoverished? 2. Do I recognize my own poverty? Can I name and honestly acknowledge to God the areas where I need help? 3. How have I bought into the lie of the self-made man or woman? 4. How can I reflect Christ’s compassion to those I encounter? Do I take responsibility for my own actions towards the poor? Today’s readings can be found here: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/080220.cfm You can subscribe to future audio versions of homilies here: https://frwill.fireside.fm/ (18th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Mass in the Ordinary Form of the Latin Rite) A-OT-18, Ordinary Form, Homily, Catholic, Poverty, impoverished, “There is no need for them to go away; give them some food yourselves.” (Matt 14:16)
Perhaps in encountering an impoverished person, we fear recognizing our own poverty and need: the truth that human beings exist fundamentally in relation. This fact is made perfectly clear in the incarnation, the enfleshment of Our Lord Jesus, who is God, needed his Mother. As we pass through our daily lives in the City of Austin, we encounter a vast multitude of people who do not know Jesus and who have never received the bread which will satisfy. The Lord’s words should resound in our ears: “there is no need for them to go away, give them some food yourselves.”

Questions for us to ponder:

  1. How do I react when I encounter poverty and the impoverished?
  2. Do I recognize my own poverty? Can I name and honestly acknowledge to God the areas where I need help?
  3. How have I bought into the lie of the self-made man or woman?
  4. How can I reflect Christ’s compassion to those I encounter? Do I take responsibility for my own actions towards the poor?

Today’s readings can be found here: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/080220.cfm

You can subscribe to future audio versions of homilies here: https://frwill.fireside.fm/

(18th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Mass in the Ordinary Form of the Latin Rite)

]]> “There is no need for them to go away; give them some food yourselves.” (Matt 14:16)
Perhaps in encountering an impoverished person, we fear recognizing our own poverty and need: the truth that human beings exist fundamentally in relation. This fact is made perfectly clear in the incarnation, the enfleshment of Our Lord Jesus, who is God, needed his Mother. As we pass through our daily lives in the City of Austin, we encounter a vast multitude of people who do not know Jesus and who have never received the bread which will satisfy. The Lord’s words should resound in our ears: “there is no need for them to go away, give them some food yourselves.”

Questions for us to ponder:

  1. How do I react when I encounter poverty and the impoverished?
  2. Do I recognize my own poverty? Can I name and honestly acknowledge to God the areas where I need help?
  3. How have I bought into the lie of the self-made man or woman?
  4. How can I reflect Christ’s compassion to those I encounter? Do I take responsibility for my own actions towards the poor?

Today’s readings can be found here: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/080220.cfm

You can subscribe to future audio versions of homilies here: https://frwill.fireside.fm/

(18th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Mass in the Ordinary Form of the Latin Rite)

]]> What fruit should we expect? https://frwill.fireside.fm/2020-07-19-ef fb410812-7737-4c57-a2bd-d2c26208160f Tue, 21 Jul 2020 09:00:00 -0500 Fr. William Rooney full 2 Fr. William Rooney We are the trees, in the garden of the Lord. We are perhaps a variety of different trees, but we are all meant to bear good fruit, which means receiving a new nature from him, living in charity, and letting ourself be pruned. “The tree is the soul, that is, the man himself; the fruit is the man’s works.” AUGUSTINE 10:57 no EF, Traditional Latin Mass, TLM, Post-pentecost 7, Bearing Fruit Among the Weeds https://frwill.fireside.fm/2020-07-19 887b7259-c6f0-42e7-9440-bf253d78c44a Mon, 20 Jul 2020 18:00:00 -0500 Fr. William Rooney full 2 Fr. William Rooney IV. Likewise, anytime we suffer evil in union with Christ, we show the world how much God loves them. The Kingdom of Heaven already triumphs because Christ, who is its embodiment, has already triumphed through his Cross and Resurrection. 11:51 no Homily, A-OT-16, evil, weeds, wheat, parable, Jesus, Thomas Aquinas Virtue, vice, and the call to perfect flourishing https://frwill.fireside.fm/2020-02-23 8aeacae9-1cf7-4033-91ba-cd1fe9d28e77 Mon, 24 Feb 2020 16:00:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full Fr. William Rooney God calls you and me to flourish with him supernaturally. He calls us to become like him and gives us the grace to make it happen. But he wants us to cooperate and respond to this grace in freedom. How will we respond to his gift of grace. 17:32 no homily, saint, virtue, vice, flourishing, holiness, perfection, conversion Identity, Envy, and Excellence https://frwill.fireside.fm/2020-01-26-eng 6fad6ff8-dc20-4ce3-8782-3031a2f75c69 Sun, 26 Jan 2020 22:00:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full Fr. William Rooney Jesus calls us to find our deepest identity from our relationship with Him, rather than in comparison with others which leads to envy. 18:31 no virtue, A-OT-3, envy, jealousy, competition, cooperation, rivalry, homily Episode 3: Christmas Day - The Deligthful, Defenseless, Demanding Baby https://frwill.fireside.fm/3 5c555515-8748-4d8f-bde2-25e51653c02a Wed, 25 Dec 2019 11:00:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full Fr. William Rooney The infant Jesus lying in the manger reveals God. When he smiles, God smiles. When he cries, God cries. When he grasps the finger of Mary or Joseph or a shepherd, it is God grasping the human hand. The delightful and defenseless infant Jesus gently demands something from us. The child of Bethlehem gently invites us to love him…and responding to that invitation love means changing our lives. 12:48 no homily, Christmas, Mass, manger, Jesus,