web01.fireside.fm Mon, 06 Apr 2026 01:05:34 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Luke 10:41 - Episodes Tagged with “Love” https://frwill.fireside.fm/tags/love Sun, 17 Sep 2023 11:30:00 -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 Watchman: Forgiving, Remembering, and Mission (Homily for 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time | Fr. Will Rooney) https://frwill.fireside.fm/2023-09-17 3ec3c65b-46d5-4773-bf85-7db77c862acc Sun, 17 Sep 2023 11:30:00 -0500 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney We are called to remember our forgiveness and help other know the love of God. People are hungry for Jesus. As a 20th century evangelist said, “Evangelism is just one beggar telling another beggar where to find food.” As good watchmen, we are called to point the way to the food, the only food which will truly satisfy every human heart. 14:32 no Help us go on mission to youth (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mr8LFKfSRVhbnwt8l_KHzPSCdNphwxZU/view?usp=sharing) We live in a society where many people are hungry for love *and *hurting for the lack of relationship with God. This is true of people of all ages. In a particular way, though, it’s true of our young people. Especially the ones we do not see here in Mass. Many young people suffer from a lack of hope. They do not know the Good News of Jesus Christ. As I mentioned last week, having consulted, and heard from many of you about this as I have gotten to know you, I believe God is leading us to have a particular emphasis on developing a mission to youth in our community and within our parish. The dream for this Mission is to provide an inviting home for youth to be disciples of Jesus Christ through the Church. People are hungry for Jesus. As a 20th century evangelist said, “Evangelism is just one beggar telling another beggar where to find food.” As good watchmen, we are called to point the way to the food, the only food which will truly satisfy every human heart. Learn more and how you can help here. (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mr8LFKfSRVhbnwt8l_KHzPSCdNphwxZU/view?usp=sharing) Catholic, faith, mass, youth, mission Help us go on mission to youth

We live in a society where many people are hungry for love **and **hurting for the lack of relationship with God. This is true of people of all ages. In a particular way, though, it’s true of our young people. Especially the ones we do not see here in Mass. Many young people suffer from a lack of hope. They do not know the Good News of Jesus Christ. As I mentioned last week, having consulted, and heard from many of you about this as I have gotten to know you, I believe God is leading us to have a particular emphasis on developing a mission to youth in our community and within our parish. The dream for this Mission is to provide an inviting home for youth to be disciples of Jesus Christ through the Church.

People are hungry for Jesus. As a 20th century evangelist said, “Evangelism is just one beggar telling another beggar where to find food.” As good watchmen, we are called to point the way to the food, the only food which will truly satisfy every human heart.

Learn more and how you can help here.

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We live in a society where many people are hungry for love **and **hurting for the lack of relationship with God. This is true of people of all ages. In a particular way, though, it’s true of our young people. Especially the ones we do not see here in Mass. Many young people suffer from a lack of hope. They do not know the Good News of Jesus Christ. As I mentioned last week, having consulted, and heard from many of you about this as I have gotten to know you, I believe God is leading us to have a particular emphasis on developing a mission to youth in our community and within our parish. The dream for this Mission is to provide an inviting home for youth to be disciples of Jesus Christ through the Church.

People are hungry for Jesus. As a 20th century evangelist said, “Evangelism is just one beggar telling another beggar where to find food.” As good watchmen, we are called to point the way to the food, the only food which will truly satisfy every human heart.

Learn more and how you can help here.

]]> Watchman: Love, Responsibility, and Mission https://frwill.fireside.fm/2023-09-10 5fb12d30-d786-4e9f-a68c-563adee2b03e Sun, 10 Sep 2023 14:00:00 -0500 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney Love takes responsibility for the other! 14:02 no Catholic, faith, mass, love, responsibility Priest and Victim | Homily for Holy Thursday | Fr. Will Rooney | Apr 6, 2023 https://frwill.fireside.fm/2023-04-06-frwill 9a682d48-cef2-4ba7-8c6a-54ec3d705416 Thu, 06 Apr 2023 20:00:00 -0500 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney What does it mean that Christ is a priest and the Sacrifice? 18:56 no Readings https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/040623.cfm Catholic, faith, mass Readings

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]]> Repent and Believe: Metanoia not Fear https://frwill.fireside.fm/2021-01-24 a1d4cab2-805f-4742-8111-6feb4cc2d509 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 22:00:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 2 Fr. William Rooney Trust not fear. 20:51 no Catholic, faith, mass, Trust, fear, sin, love, original sin 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.

]]> Will you go to the feast? https://frwill.fireside.fm/2020-10-11 a33abe00-c048-4886-a667-2959513cadad Sun, 11 Oct 2020 22:00:00 -0500 Fr. William Rooney full 2 Fr. William Rooney 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? 14:26 no Catholic, faith, mass, wedding, king, hell, heaven, love, parable, EF-PP-18, OF-A-OT-28, Sons nor Servants: Living without fear (Homily for the 8th Sunday after Pentecost) https://frwill.fireside.fm/2020-07-26-ef 6afd5fcd-9d33-4617-98e9-791a964cffaf Sun, 26 Jul 2020 19:00:00 -0500 Fr. William Rooney full 2 Fr. William Rooney As the bread and wine are made Christ, who always cries out to the Father, so also our lives must be made into Christ through the work of the Spirit so that in union with him, we too cry out Father through that same Spirit. 8:03 no Christ, EF, EF-Post-Pentecost-8, extraordinary form, filial, freedom, son, love, fear, TLM, Jesus, catholic, homily 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,