Fr. Lampe’s Podcast

Some scripture passages need a closer look in order to properly understand them. Saint Paul talks about slavery and Jesus, talks about hating people. What did they mean and how does this apply to our lives today? What does this have to do with Mass? Listen to my homily for answers on these questions and for more information.

Our Lord calls us to humility, which is all about truth. The truth is God considers you worth dying for. When we live out of this truth and inspires us a greater desire to glorify God and to relate to him in prayer. Listen to my homily to learn more.

The second reading reminds us that we are sons of the heavenly Father. Our Father in heaven loves us so much and wants us to be with Him forever in heaven, but as Jesus tells us in our gospel passage, it's not easy to get to heaven. Listen to my homily to learn more.

Sometimes we can misunderstand each other, and that can lead to division. Our Lord says He came to establish division rather than peace, but what does He mean by that? It could be that we misunderstand Him.Listen to my homily to learn more. (I added an announcement to this homily re-recording which makes it seem longer than it actually was when given at Mass).

Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. We might wonder, what does that mean? One of the things we can do is look at the proper prayers during the Mass for the day, including the preface, which is the beginning of the Eucharistic Prayer. Listen to my homily to learn more.

Faith, Preparation, and the Mass these are things I would like to discuss in this reflection. Listen to this reflection to see how they are related to each other.

We are to seek what is above. Our journey towards heaven begins with baptism, and when we enter the church, we're reminded of our baptism with the holy water font. Listen to my homily to learn more!

Did you know that all the baptized are priests? They're a part of the common priesthood also known as as the baptismal priesthood. It is different than the ministerial priesthood, but still important. Listen to my homily to learn more!

In this reflection, I summarize the missionary priest's message and add to it a brief explanation of the structure of the Mass. Listen to this reflection to learn more about these things.

In the familiar parable of the good Samaritan, the victim encounters the good Samaritan who takes care of him. We are the victim in need of encountering our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who for us is the good Samaritan. Listen to my homily to learn more.

Priests celebrate Mass for us. They also draw people to God and provide grace for them to go deeper in their relationship with the Lord. Let us pray that the Lord gives us more priests to be at His service.

As we recall the Saints, Peter and Paul, we also recall how Peter was the first pope and Paul was an apostle called by Christ on a special mission. The Apostles established grew the church started by Christ and made the bishops their successors. Listen to my reflection to learn more.

Our Lord reveals His love to us using a parable about the good Shepherd. Love is often represented by a heart, and as we celebrate the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus we're reminded of His love. He gives us His Heart in a special way in the Eucharist. Listen to my homily to learn more!

St. John the Baptist prepared the way for the coming of Christ how do we prepare the way for Christ coming? How do we prepare for Mass? Listen to my homily to learn more.

Are you familiar with the Eucharistic miracle that took place in Bolsena, Italy? Do you know why we believe that Jesus is really present in the Eucharist? How does any of this affect our daily lives? Listen to my homily for answers to these questions.

This Trinity Sunday happens to also be Father's Day. As we examine the inner workings and relationship of the members of the Trinity, especially God the Father, we can see how the Father participates in the sacrifice of Christ on the cross. He does so in a spiritual way, and we are called to also participate spiritually in the celebration of the Mass. Listen to my homily to learn more!

Jesus gives us the Holy Spirit and by the Holy Spirit we are able to say “Jesus is Lord“. Let us pray for a greater outpouring and presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives! Listen to my homily to learn more.

When I asked where I wanted to go, I simply said heaven. Heaven should be our ultimate goal. Are we living our lives here on earth for the sake of heaven what next steps can be taken so that we can continue our journey on the way to this ultimate goal? Listen to my family for some ideas.

Piece is something that we desire, but it can be thought of in different ways. It can be thought of as an absence of conflict, but it can also be thought of as being in good relationship or right relationship. Listen to my homily as I explore these ways of considering peace.

Jesus tells us to love as he loved. How did he love? What does that look like in our lives? Where do we get the strength to love like he did? Listen to my family to finance to these questions..

As a nation, we are celebrating Mother's Day. Mothers make lots of sacrifices for their children and want what is truly best for them. In my homily, I invite you to reflect upon the church as mother.

In this homily, I talk about the Pope in order to help us gain a greater understanding of this leader of the Catholic Church. Listen to my homily to learn more.

This is a great day for our second graders, who will for the first time be united with our Lord Jesus Christ in the Most Holy Eucharist.

Although I didn't preach any of our regular Masses, I did prepare this miniature homily for those who are interested.

Have you ever met someone who just seemed to be perpetually joyful? Where might that come from? What kind of joy is it? It could be the joy of the Lord! The joy of the Lord is a joy beyond what earth can offer. Listen to my homily to learn more.

When we suffer, we can suffer for a purpose. There's can be good reasons we choose a path that includes suffering. Jesus chose a path in which He suffered His passion and death out of love for all of us. Listen to my homily to learn more.

Blessed Carlo Acutis, who will be canonized on April 27, 2025, created a website (therealpresence.org) with the Vatican approved Eucharistic miracles of the world. His collection also includes information about other things too like the Holy Grail, that is, the chalice Jesus used at the Last Supper. Listen to my to learn more!

Both sons in our gospel passage today forgot who they are and who their father is. We sometimes do the same, but the father is quick to forgive and we are invited to imitate him. Listen to my homily to learn more.

How we understand, God, the father affects how we live out our faith. Listen to my family to learn more.

To see one's face is to see what best reveals the whole person. Our Lord wants to reveal Himself to us, and in heaven, we will get to see Him face-to-face as He truly is, but here on earth we can only recognize Him through indirect means. But He still gives us glimpses of Himself and His glory to strengthen us on our journey. He also gives us ways to make up for our sins. Listen to my homily to learn more.

When we are firm in our identity as a beloved child of God, then it becomes more difficult for us to be tempted towards sin. Listen to my homily to learn more!

Father Steven Schneier should have died back in 1985 from a car accident, but miraculously not only survived, but even had a full and complete recovery without surgery. He remembers. He was at his own personal judgment before our Lord Jesus. Listen to my homily to hear the story.

Jesus gives us some hard sayings in our Gospel passage today, including love your enemies, and do to others what you would have them do to you. How do we live out these things in our own lives? What does that look like? What should we be doing on the state and national level? Listen to my homily to hear more.

When someone stubs their toe, the whole body reacts and works for the good of the toe because the toe is needed as a member of the body to serve the good of the whole body. So we as members of the Mystical Body of Christ are to contribute and to help one another in the building up of the Kingdom of God here on earth. Listen to my homily to learn more.

With all the snow that we've had lately one might consider building an igloo. The “snow bricks” of an igloo need to lean on each other in order to hold each other up. We need to lean on each other to hold each other up in the faith listen to my homily to learn more.

Have you ever been caught up in awe and wonder? God works in beautiful ways in our lives and through human history. When we take a step back and see the connections and how He is at work, we can be amazed and grow in our faith. Listen to my homily to hear how we can respond to God‘s beautiful work..

If someone were to ask you, who are you? How would you respond? You'd probably give your name and maybe some other things about you. In our Gospel passage today, Jesus receives His name. In my homily I explore the question, where we get our identity from, and how that affects our lives.

With many Christmas gatherings, there can be a lot going on, and sometimes there can be temptations towards being judgmental, critical, envious, jealous, or other ways think poorly of other people. However, even the holy family had their struggles, and they were the most perfect of all families. Listen to my homily to learn more!

As we begin the Christmas season and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, we also share stories with each other as we gather with friends and family. Listen to my homily to hear a portion of my story of my faith journey and reflect on your own journey. This homily is slightly different than the midnight mass homily since the readings are different. However, the main points are the same.

As we begin the Christmas season and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, we also share stories with each other as we gather with friends and family. Listen to my homily to hear a portion of my story of my faith journey and reflect on your own journey.

When we recognize the Lord's presence and that He's at work in our lives, then we can call that a God moment. We could have many God moments throughout our day and the more we recognize them the easier it is for us to be aware of His presence, build up our faith, and help us in our relationship with the Lord. Listen to my homily to learn more.

Today is a special day since we are celebrating our patron Mary, the Immaculate Conception! She is also the patroness of the United States of America. Listen to my homily to learn more!

It can be easy to simply dismiss what it said in our Gospel passage, but what if we went a little deeper into what is being shared with us? Listen to my homily for an explanation of our Gospel!

First Sundayof Advent. Our Lord calls us to be prepared, not only for His second coming at the end of time when He comes in glory, but also when He comes to us at the celebration of Christmas. Listen to my homily to learn about some ways we can prepare for His coming.

In our Gospel reading, we recognize the humility of Christ. In the story of salvation we see the profound love of Christ, our King for us. But, He wants us to choose Him as our King and to follow the way of life He guides us in. it's important for us to reflect upon the question of whether or not Christ is our king, and if He is, is He King of all aspects of life or only some? Many of us still have room for growth in holiness, and greater surrender to the Lord, allowing Him to rule over all aspects of our lives.

Sometimes Jesus' teaching can be confusing. Listen to this homily to hear an explanation of our Gospel passage, and be ready for our Lord!

God calls us to be the best that we can be and has a plan on how he wants to do that in our lives. Listen to my homily to learn more.

Heaven and earth meet at Mass. We are taken up into the heavenly worship that we hear about in the book of Revelations. Listen to my home to learn more.

In the story of Bartimaeus, we see how a relationship with Christ unfolds. Let us consider the different phases of discipleship and where we might be in our own relationship with the Lord. Listen to my homily to learn more.

All of us are made to be in relationship with others. Friendship is a common way in which this happens. Listen to my homily as I reflect upon friendship and apply it to our relationship with Jesus.

Why are you here? This is a question that hat's good for us to ask ourselves from time to time with regards to the things that we do like go to Mass. What's our motivation? What's our reason for being there? This can help us understand ourselves better, and help us figure out what is the next step in our relationship with the Lord. Listen to my homily to learn more.