web01.fireside.fm Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:06:00 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Luke 10:41 - Episodes Tagged with “Ot” https://frwill.fireside.fm/tags/ot Mon, 12 Feb 2024 15:00:00 -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 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 Living for Heaven | Homily for the Solemnity of Christ the King | Fr. Will Rooney https://frwill.fireside.fm/2023-11-26 d76abdca-ff09-424e-8f7f-5e2431390963 Sun, 26 Nov 2023 09:30:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney Heaven – unending communion with God – that is what you are made for. We ought to long to hear those words; come blest of my Father and enter into the kingdom prepared for you. Jesus gives us a very clear measure today of what is necessary to in communion with him. The measure of whether you are whether you are ready for heaven is to consider whether you are ready to do as he does – to lay down your life for the least of these. If we refuse communion with Christ in those around us, we cannot hope to be with him in glory. Yet the opposite is also true, if we love like him, we will reign in glory with Him in the communion of the Spirit to the Glory of God the Father! 11:09 no Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. (Mt 25:34) Catholic, faith, mass, King, Heaven Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. (Mt 25:34)

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]]> What is Hell? And How to Avoid It. | Homily for the 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time | Fr. Will Rooney https://frwill.fireside.fm/2023-11-19 ade05dd4-9e8b-40f7-bc2d-25a5901367cb Sun, 19 Nov 2023 21:00:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney We don't like to admit that Hell is a reality - it makes us uncomfortable to think about. Yet, Jesus speaks often speaks of it. No one goes to Hell accidently, and “God predestines no one to go to hell; for this, a willful turning away from God (a mortal sin) is necessary, and persistence in it until the end." God loves us so much that he gives us the freedom to choose against loving him. But we can always choose to return to him, while we live there is hope. Turn to the Lord and be saved! 9:47 no Catholic, faith, mass, Hell, judgement, judgment Ready for Judgment? | Homily for the 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time | Fr. Will Rooney https://frwill.fireside.fm/2023-11-12 9b8e8a67-5d31-4245-90f2-73dcb9a9b28a Sun, 12 Nov 2023 09:30:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney These are the conditions for each of us to win at the game of life. If we wish to enter and share the joy of the wedding feast, we must live so as to love God above all things and our neighbor for God’s sake. This is what Jesus means when he says stay awake! Stay awake to the fact you will die, and that heaven awaits you, if only you choose it. “Every action of yours, every thought, should be those of one who expects to die before the day is out. Death would have no great terrors for you if you had a quiet conscience.… Then why not keep clear of sin instead of running away from death? If you aren’t fit to face death today, it’s very unlikely you will be tomorrow”.… Imitation of Christ 1.23.1 14:13 no Catholic, faith, mass Humility and Spirituality | Homily for the 31st Sunday of Ordinary Time | Dcn. Barney https://frwill.fireside.fm/2023-11-05-dcn-barney a3902cc0-1929-4a80-917a-2a7a48cbb392 Sun, 05 Nov 2023 07:30:00 -0600 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney 13:11 no Catholic, faith, mass Love is a Skill | Homily for the 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time | Fr. Will Rooney https://frwill.fireside.fm/2023-10-29 5fadd0be-0133-497f-97b2-baa7e4d80016 Sun, 29 Oct 2023 07:30:00 -0500 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney We are born with the potential to love; but we are made for a deeply personal love! Love is not simply an emotion; but rather is a skill we can develop. Jesus challenges us to do that, and his Death and Resurrection make it possible! 14:29 no St. John Paul II said "Man cannot live without love. He remains a being that is incomprehensible for himself, his life is senseless, if love is not revealed to him, if he does not encounter love, if he does not experience it and make it his own, if he does not participate intimately in it. This, as has already been said, is why Christ the Redeemer "fully reveals man to himself"." Read more St. John Paul II's Redemptor Hominis here (https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_04031979_redemptor-hominis.html) Catholic, faith, mass, virtue St. John Paul II said "Man cannot live without love. He remains a being that is incomprehensible for himself, his life is senseless, if love is not revealed to him, if he does not encounter love, if he does not experience it and make it his own, if he does not participate intimately in it. This, as has already been said, is why Christ the Redeemer "fully reveals man to himself"." Read more St. John Paul II's Redemptor Hominis here

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]]> Justice: What Belongs to God? | Homily for the 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time | Fr. Will Rooney https://frwill.fireside.fm/2023-10-22 8f717134-d2d1-498a-afef-bb592dc7c4bc Sun, 22 Oct 2023 09:30:00 -0500 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney "Give...to God what belongs to God." (Mt 22:21) Jesus tells us today give to Cesar what is Cesar’s but to God what is God’s. He invites us to justice at every level. He responds to this fundamental need for justice by going to its root. Have we allowed ourselves to be convicted by the Holy Spirit of our sins and failures so that we can know the surpassing love and mercy of a savior who not only comes not to give us the appearance of justice but rather what our hearts desire: to be just? 10:33 no Catholic, faith, mass How will we respond to Gods invitation to joy? | Homily for the 28th Sunday of Ordinary Time | Fr. Will Rooney https://frwill.fireside.fm/2023-10-15 3966dcfc-8ca7-4566-9b78-b58351e6f11c Sun, 15 Oct 2023 07:30:00 -0500 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney Friends, the Father invites you to the wedding banquet of the Lamb, who was slain and now is living. He invites you to share his joy. How will you and I respond to his invitation to joy? Today, we are faced with the stark realization that perfect joy is possible, but that we have to choose to receive it. That is the question laid before us today. 11:28 no Catholic, faith, mass Joy comes from cooperating with the Lord | Homily for the 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time | Dcn. Matt https://frwill.fireside.fm/2023-10-08-dcn-matt 656d1ae6-ee3c-4a74-aaf8-a12193833224 Sun, 08 Oct 2023 11:30:00 -0500 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney 13:50 no Catholic, faith, mass Joy comes from cooperating with the Lord | Homily for the 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time | Dcn. Barney https://frwill.fireside.fm/2023-10-08-dcn-barney 0e88fcb7-2cd4-4ab0-9e1f-aab04ed155ec Sun, 08 Oct 2023 09:30:00 -0500 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney 14:00 no Catholic, faith, mass, joy Joy Comes from Being like the Lord https://frwill.fireside.fm/2023-10-01 2554e1ce-fcdc-429b-b7ee-f5f5637d5e37 Sun, 01 Oct 2023 09:30:00 -0500 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney Want to have Joy even in the midst of suffering? Humbly regard others as more important than yourselves 13:45 no Catholic, faith, mass Joy Comes from Being with the Lord https://frwill.fireside.fm/2023-09-24 e4938c09-85a9-4492-94db-2de7b643323c Sun, 24 Sep 2023 11:30:00 -0500 Fr. William Rooney full 3 Fr. William Rooney Joy comes from being with the Lord and he makes himself findable at every moment. Even in the midst of profound suffering nothing can steal your joy with out your permission. You can be with Jesus in that moment. 14:04 no Catholic, faith, mass, joy 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 Hurting and Healing https://frwill.fireside.fm/2020-09-13 d4002aef-f775-47c7-a52a-b2d2509e15d2 Tue, 15 Sep 2020 17:00:00 -0500 Fr. William Rooney full 2 Fr. William Rooney Our false image of God can get in the way of completely receiving his mercy. When that happens often desperately grasp after other things in order to try and earn our way to heaven. This grasping, which is sin, harms us and harms others. It will cause us to lose the joy that we should have as Christians. 12:20 no Questions for us to ponder: 1. When am I most defensive? When defnsivness occurs what need am I seeking to fufill? How can I relate it to God? 2. How do I view God? In what areas of my life to forget that he is our Father and treat him more like a tyrant? What lies do I believe about myself and about him? What is the truth opposed to these lies? Have I allowed any false images to influence my behavior? 3. Do I go to God, Our Father, each day in prayer? How do I approach him in prayer? Do I ask him for holy indifference flowing from my trust in him? Today’s readings can be found here: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/091320.cfm You can subscribe to future audio versions of homilies here: https://frwill.fireside.fm/ (24th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Mass in the Ordinary Form of the Latin Rite) Catholic, faith, mass, OF, OT, A, 24, anger, forgiveness, christian, parables Questions for us to ponder:

  1. When am I most defensive? When defnsivness occurs what need am I seeking to fufill? How can I relate it to God?
  2. How do I view God? In what areas of my life to forget that he is our Father and treat him more like a tyrant? What lies do I believe about myself and about him? What is the truth opposed to these lies? Have I allowed any false images to influence my behavior?
  3. Do I go to God, Our Father, each day in prayer? How do I approach him in prayer? Do I ask him for holy indifference flowing from my trust in him?

Today’s readings can be found here: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/091320.cfm

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(24th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Mass in the Ordinary Form of the Latin Rite)

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  1. When am I most defensive? When defnsivness occurs what need am I seeking to fufill? How can I relate it to God?
  2. How do I view God? In what areas of my life to forget that he is our Father and treat him more like a tyrant? What lies do I believe about myself and about him? What is the truth opposed to these lies? Have I allowed any false images to influence my behavior?
  3. Do I go to God, Our Father, each day in prayer? How do I approach him in prayer? Do I ask him for holy indifference flowing from my trust in him?

Today’s readings can be found here: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/091320.cfm

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(24th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Mass in the Ordinary Form of the Latin Rite)

]]> Amarás a tu prójimo como a ti mismo https://frwill.fireside.fm/2020-09-06-espanol c376d2ea-b5c1-4862-9d19-b247dfb75563 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 08:00:00 -0500 Fr. William Rooney full 2 Fr. William Rooney ¿Porque un discípulo tiene que amar a su prójimo? Esta homilía fue dada en la ocasión del Bautismo, Confirmación, y Primer Comunión de dos niños de nuestra comunidad. 9:55 no Lecturas son disponibles aqui (https://bible.usccb.org/es/bible/lecturas/090620.cfm) Catholic, faith, mass, espanol, amar, missa, domingo, homilia, 23, OT, OF Lecturas son disponibles aqui

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]]> Correcting with Love https://frwill.fireside.fm/2020-09-06-of-english 2fc1a92a-a681-4c1b-aec8-db8c70742657 Mon, 07 Sep 2020 20:00:00 -0500 Fr. William Rooney full 2 Fr. William Rooney If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone Matthew 18:15 “Reckon him no more amongst the number of thy brethren. But yet neither is his salvation on that account to be neglected. For the very heathen, that is, the Gentiles and Pagans, we do not reckon among the number of brethren; but yet are we ever seeking their salvation” – St. Augustine 18:07 no If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone Matthew 18:15 “Reckon him no more amongst the number of thy brethren. But yet neither is his salvation on that account to be neglected. For the very heathen, that is, the Gentiles and Pagans, we do not reckon among the number of brethren; but yet are we ever seeking their salvation” – St. Augustine Questions for us to ponder: 1. Have I given into the relativism of our cultural situation? 2. When it is necessary to correct another how well does my approach align with Jesus’s call to charitable fraternal correction? 3. Do I shy away too much from conflict when I should speak to a brother or sister? Or do I, on the other hand, concern myself with things that are not my business to correct? What am I doing to work to foster charity? 4. Do I engage in gossip, either in person or online? If so what am I doing to overcome this sin in my life? Today’s readings can be found here: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/090620.cfm You can subscribe to future audio versions of homilies here: https://frwill.fireside.fm/ (23th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Mass in the Ordinary Form of the Latin Rite) Catholic, faith, mass, OF,A,23, OT If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone Matthew 18:15

“Reckon him no more amongst the number of thy brethren. But yet neither is his salvation on that account to be neglected. For the very heathen, that is, the Gentiles and Pagans, we do not reckon among the number of brethren; but yet are we ever seeking their salvation” – St. Augustine

Questions for us to ponder:

  1. Have I given into the relativism of our cultural situation?
  2. When it is necessary to correct another how well does my approach align with Jesus’s call to charitable fraternal correction?
  3. Do I shy away too much from conflict when I should speak to a brother or sister? Or do I, on the other hand, concern myself with things that are not my business to correct? What am I doing to work to foster charity?
  4. Do I engage in gossip, either in person or online? If so what am I doing to overcome this sin in my life?

Today’s readings can be found here: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/090620.cfm

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

(23th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Mass in the Ordinary Form of the Latin Rite)

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“Reckon him no more amongst the number of thy brethren. But yet neither is his salvation on that account to be neglected. For the very heathen, that is, the Gentiles and Pagans, we do not reckon among the number of brethren; but yet are we ever seeking their salvation” – St. Augustine

Questions for us to ponder:

  1. Have I given into the relativism of our cultural situation?
  2. When it is necessary to correct another how well does my approach align with Jesus’s call to charitable fraternal correction?
  3. Do I shy away too much from conflict when I should speak to a brother or sister? Or do I, on the other hand, concern myself with things that are not my business to correct? What am I doing to work to foster charity?
  4. Do I engage in gossip, either in person or online? If so what am I doing to overcome this sin in my life?

Today’s readings can be found here: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/090620.cfm

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

(23th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Mass in the Ordinary Form of the Latin Rite)

]]> Harsh Healing Words from the Word https://frwill.fireside.fm/2020-08-16 cf952a31-6ec4-4839-b0e5-5d7debd9d6c4 Tue, 18 Aug 2020 10:00:00 -0500 Fr. William Rooney full 2 Fr. William Rooney For her benefit and for our benefit, the Lord draws faith out of the Canaanite woman. She becomes a remarkable example of what trusting prayer in faith looks like. For when we desire in prayer, nothing other than the will of God, then it will be done in our lives. 11:51 no Summary For her benefit and for our benefit, the Lord draws faith out of the Canaanite woman. She becomes a remarkable example of what trusting prayer in faith looks like: Faith which is prompted by God coming to meet us first; Faith which does not deny our own needs while at the same time being compassionate towards others; faith that is persistent in asking for what we need and what others need; faith that asks for intercession from others; faith that is, above all else, humble, which recognizes with gratitude the gift God gives us. For when we desire in prayer, nothing other than the will of God, then it will be done in our lives. Questions to Ponder When have you experienced silence from God? How have you reacted to God's seeming silence? How might God be working in your life to greater faith right now? What are areas of your life in which it is difficult to trust the Lord? What "harsh words" might the Lord use to rouse your faith? Who can you ask to pray for your intercessions today? Who can you pray for? (go do it, now!) Harsh, OF, A, OT, 20, dignity, Jesus, hard sayings, scripture, homily, catholic, woman Summary

For her benefit and for our benefit, the Lord draws faith out of the Canaanite woman. She becomes a remarkable example of what trusting prayer in faith looks like: Faith which is prompted by God coming to meet us first; Faith which does not deny our own needs while at the same time being compassionate towards others; faith that is persistent in asking for what we need and what others need; faith that asks for intercession from others; faith that is, above all else, humble, which recognizes with gratitude the gift God gives us. For when we desire in prayer, nothing other than the will of God, then it will be done in our lives.

Questions to Ponder

  1. When have you experienced silence from God? How have you reacted to God's seeming silence?
  2. How might God be working in your life to greater faith right now?
  3. What are areas of your life in which it is difficult to trust the Lord? What "harsh words" might the Lord use to rouse your faith?
  4. Who can you ask to pray for your intercessions today? Who can you pray for? (go do it, now!)
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For her benefit and for our benefit, the Lord draws faith out of the Canaanite woman. She becomes a remarkable example of what trusting prayer in faith looks like: Faith which is prompted by God coming to meet us first; Faith which does not deny our own needs while at the same time being compassionate towards others; faith that is persistent in asking for what we need and what others need; faith that asks for intercession from others; faith that is, above all else, humble, which recognizes with gratitude the gift God gives us. For when we desire in prayer, nothing other than the will of God, then it will be done in our lives.

Questions to Ponder

  1. When have you experienced silence from God? How have you reacted to God's seeming silence?
  2. How might God be working in your life to greater faith right now?
  3. What are areas of your life in which it is difficult to trust the Lord? What "harsh words" might the Lord use to rouse your faith?
  4. Who can you ask to pray for your intercessions today? Who can you pray for? (go do it, now!)
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