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Fr. Joe's homily from the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 2021, on  three of the lessons Samuel teaches us about listening well:1) God loves giving out second chances2) God speaks in silence3) When God calls, he calls by name.Enjoy!

Fr. Joe's homily on the virtue our country needs right now, taking a lesson from a God who had the meekness to let a hairy vagabond baptize him in a muddy creek.

Welcome to the Diminishing Returns Catholic Podcast, where the more you listen, the less you get out of it. This is our first episode so bear with us as we talk about nothing for 40 minutes.

Saint Paul's charge to "have no anxiety at all" seems a little steep in 2020. That's where establishing a relationship of deep trust with God comes in.This homily was recorded on the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A.

Tax collectors and prostitutes are getting into heaven a long time before me. Homily from the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A, delivered September 27, 2020. 

The evil spirit wants to rush us past what's most important, while the Holy Spirit invites us to take a minute and let his words percolate. This homily is from Tuesday in the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time, year 2, September 22, 2020.

There are two wrong ways to deal with anger--ignore it (like a Minnesotan) or let it run your life. Do neither of those. Don't be Minnesota Nice.This homily was given in Wausau & Marathon, WI for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A--September 13, 2020. It's especially tied to the first reading, Sirach 27:30-28:7, and the Gospel reading, Matthew 18:21-35.