Fr. Lampe’s Podcast

Jesus wants to be our friend. He wants to save us from sin and set us free to love. Listen to my homily to learn more.

As many gatherings and celebrations for the Christmas season, take place, we can reflect on being welcoming and hospitable to each other. This Christmas season, we are to welcome Christ into our lives and into our hearts, but He is also present in each one of us. Listen to my homily to learn more!

Did John the Baptist doubt who Jesus was? What about us? Do we have the right focus during the Advent season? Listen to my homily to find answers to some of these questions and further insights on how we might answer the others.

God has great plans for each and everyone of us. Today we reflect upon God‘s plan for Mary and why he kept her free from the stain of original sin from the moment of her conception. Listen to my family to learn more.

When a relationship is wounded or broken, it's good to be reconciled. The same is true with our relationship with God and He gives us the great gift of the Sacrament of Reconciliation in order to be healed. Listen to my homily learn more!

What does our Lord mean by stay awake? How do we prepare during the Advent season? Listen to my homily for answers to these questions and for more information.

Christ is our king. Do we accept Him as our King? What kind of King do we have? We have one that'll give himself fully and completely to us in the Eucharist. But why the Eucharist? Listen to my homily to learn more about this.

Many of us are afraid to talk about the faith with others because we don't know how they will respond to it. However, Jesus sends us out at the end of every mass to share the good news to share what we've received with others. We grow in our ability to talk about Jesus when we start doing it. Listen to my homily to learn more.

Did you know that we can pray for the souls in purgatory and help them get to heaven faster? Learn more about this and about purgatory and indulgences by listening to my homily.

Today we celebrate All Saints and not just particular ones. But why do we even remember the Saints? Our ultimate goal is to be with God forever in heaven, and knowing those who have already gotten there can help us get there ourselves. Listen to my homily to learn more.

Did you hear about the Eucharistic miracle of the nobleman who pridefully received Holy Communion in a way he wasn't supposed to and he began to sink into the stone floor? Listen to my homily to learn more about pride, humility, and Holy Communion!

What's your favorite story? Did you know that the church has a favorite story? The story of salvation is the favorite of the Catholic Church and it's contained within sacred scripture. Listen to my homily to learn more about this favorite story of the church!

In our Gospel passage, today, we see how the people with leprosy are cured through their obedience to Jesus's instructions. Jesus told us to remember Him with the celebration of the Mass. Listen to my homily to learn more about the Mass and the Eucharistic Prayer.

Good news! Jesus comes to save us, not only in the sense of bringing us to heaven, but even starting to experience it here on earth. Hear more about this message and about the Gospel and homily at Mass by listening to my homily.

Tomorrow is the Feast of the Archangels and shortly thereafter is the celebration of the Guardian Angels. At the end of October, we have Halloween. So it seemed like it would be a good time to preach about angels and demons. Listen to my homily to learn more!

We act based upon what we believe. How often do we reflect upon what we believe as Catholics? The Creed summarizes our faith, we exercise our faith as we recite the creed together. Then we put our faith into action with the petitions and and with the preparation of the gifts. Listen to my homily to learn more!

Recently, I preached on the Our Father, but I didn't explain the ending part of it. There are multiple reasons for this, one of them being I didn't want the homily to be too long. Another being I had preached on those topics many times before. However, I would like to offer the explanation now. Please listen to this reflection that you may understand what we mean when we pray ending part of the Our Father.

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.