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Petersboat
Hosted by Father Rob Ketcham · EN
from the parish of Christ the King, Commack, NY
48episodes
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Members of His Household | The Monday After
Jan 1900:14:43Summary readyWe are God's children now, no longer dogs on the street. We once lived by instinct and appetite alone, but now we live by God's Spirit, which illuminates our intellect and will, those faculties of our human soul that are characteristic of the sons and daughters of God.
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Can we accept the truth about God? | The Monday After
Jan 1200:22:02Summary readyIf we would be truly wise, yes. By God's grace, a man can surrender his gold for the treasures offered to us in Christ, his frankincense for the true prayer that Christ shares with us, and even his own definitions of rest, which Christ also transcends and transfigures. And in fact, man must. Only then will he depart for his country by a different way, changed and intent on peace with his neighbors.
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Is it okay to ask God for signs? | The Monday After
Jan 500:25:12Summary readyBelieving in miracles is essential to our Faith, since the Sacraments are all miracles. But it's still more important to ask what God may be trying to say to us through the specific signs He sends to us in our own days.
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The Monday After | Saint Joseph, A Good Parent
Dec 3000:09:00Summary readyI suppose most parents will say to their children, "You can be whatever you want to be when you grow up," but I don't imagine that Our Lady and Saint Joseph said such things to Jesus.
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The Monday After | Knowledge of Mary, The Golden Key in a Red Bag
Dec 2200:29:04Summary readyA little boy came to me after Mass yesterday, showing me a gold key in a red bag. It turned out to be a good way of understanding the intercession of the Blessed Mother. This is a teaching on Our Lady, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and how she desires to help us to stay close to her Son.
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The Monday After | Knowledge of Jesus
Dec 1500:22:53Summary readyAn unexpected introduction to a man and his son at a Christmas party has led me to a deeper knowledge of Jesus. I begin and end this 3rd Advent reflection with that story.
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The Monday After | Knowledge of The Self
Dec 900:21:03Summary readyLast week, we spoke of emptying ourselves of the spirit of the world in order to make room for the Holy Spirit. In this episode, we'll move into a word about the knowledge of the self that the Holy Spirit makes possible.
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The Monday After | Emptying Ourselves of the Spirit of the World
Dec 100:16:29Summary readyThis is the first part of a four-week spiritual preparation for Christmas, beginning with a word (based on the Mass readings for the First Sunday of Advent) about making room in our hearts for Christ.
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The Monday After | From One Happy Thief to Another on the Feast of Christ the King
Nov 2500:15:26Summary readyThe Feast of Christ the King was established by Pope Pius XI in 1925 to implore all people - especially leaders of Totalitarian States - to allow Christ to reign in their hearts, that He might direct their thoughts and actions according to the Father's will. Only then, by the forgiveness of their sins, would they be poised to bring peace to the world. The worst thing about an atheist is not so much that he doesn't believe in God, but that he doesn't believe in sin. That's when things get really ugly.
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The Monday After | I Could Be Wrong - Thank God
Nov 1000:22:37Summary readyI propose, in this homily, a way of understanding the kind of help that Jesus is trying to offer us. It seems to me that he dwells in us in order to help us make sense of our thoughts and feelings, which are often wrong - thank God.
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