Fr. Lampe’s Podcast

Our readings point to a beautiful reality of our faith, and that is forgiveness. Jesus reveals the tremendous and awesome merciful forgiveness of God, but he also challenges us to be merciful and forgiving to each other. Listen to my homily to learn more!

Our Lord loved us into existence and teaches us how to love each other through the Commandments, through the church, and other ways. He also teaches us how to lovingly correct each other. Please listen to my homily to learn more!

We might like Peter, feel confused or like the prophet Jeremiah, feel like we were duped when becoming disciples of Christ. We might think, “oh this will be easy and joyful at every moment always.” However, there are times where it can be difficult and where we need to carry our crosses. Listen to my homily to learn more!

Jesus starts a new chapter with his disciples when they identify him as the Christ. Listen to my homily to learn how he wants a deeper relationship with you in a new chapter in your life.

Deacon Dave preached for me for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time. He spoke about faith and I briefly summarize what he had shared and then expand in different directions upon that starting point. Listen to this reflection to learn more.

On the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, I reflect upon the tradition of the Assumption in the Holy Land. Listen to my homily to learn more!

In this reflection, I expand upon what Deacon Neal has shared with us in his homily that God is trying to reveal Himself and His love to us. Listen to this reflection to learn more!

Our Lord wants to bless us abundantly. Listen to my homily to learn more!

King Solomon was called by God to be the king. But he knew that he needed help in order to fulfill this vocation well. So he prayed for wisdom and understanding. In the ways that God calls us to live out holiness and to love one another, we too need His assistance. Please listen to my homily to learn more!

Sometimes the best way to teach a lesson is through telling a story. I start this family by telling the story of a man who wants to give his toddler a fun experience at a waterpark. Listen to my homily to learn about how this story connects with the kingdom of God!

We are blessed to be in the United States of America where we can practice our faith. It's important for us to fulfill our civic duty and keep our nation the great place that it is. Let us vote Yes on Amendment 3. Please listen to my homily to learn more!

As we celebrate the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, we are mindful of the sacrifices that they made, but also the strength and joy and love that they experienced in their relationship with the Lord motivating them to share Him with others. Consider also the question that Jesus asked in the gospel passage. Who do you say that I am? Listen to my homily to learn more!

Here is a brief reflection upon the spiritual journey of discipleship and our readings for the 13th Sunday in ordinary time. Please listen to learn more!

St. John the Baptist was the precursor and the one who prepared the way for the coming of the Messiah. Listen to my homily to learn more about how we can prepare the way for the Lord to come more deeply into our hearts.

We are called to courageously live out our faith, and as we are also recalling Father's Day in a special way, we recall how fathers are to courageously live out their faith. Listen to this reflection to learn more!

Prayer is powerful. But sometimes we struggle to persevere, sometimes we struggle to believe that the Lord will answer our prayer prayers. Listen to my homily to learn more about the power of prayer.

As we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, we are reminded of the love of God that is everlasting. We are called to love God in return. Listen to my homily to learn more!

Our Lord, Jesus Christ reveals His love to us through the gift of Himself in the Most Holy Eucharist and through His Most Sacred Heart. These two celebrations help us to understand our Lord's love for us and the connection between the two. Let us respond to His love by loving Him in return. Listen to my homily to learn more.

Christ reveals his love to us, do the gift of himself and the most holy Eucharist. When we honor him and adore him and praise him, we love him in return. Listen to my Harmony to learn more.

As we grow in relationship with God, He reveals more of himself to us. Each person of the Trinity desires to have a personal relationship with each one of us. Listen to my homily to learn more!

What would it be like to hear from the Apostles about their experience in the upper room when the Holy Spirit came at Pentecost? What would it be like to hear a trusted friend tell you about their own personal experience of encountering God? Listen to my homily to hear about a recent experience that I had.

Jesus tells his disciples to go, therefore and make disciples of all nations. He is commissioning them and us to evangelize the world. The disciples do not immediately follow this command as they are not yet ready to do so, but once they receive the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, they immediately follow through on this great commissioning listen to my homily to learn more.

Mothers make many sacrifices for their children and love them unconditionally. This gives us a little glimpse of God‘s love for us. Please listen to my homily to learn more.

I love being a priest. Our Good Shepherd shares His ministry with men so that his grace may be distributed to His whole flock. Let us foster vocations to the priesthood. Listen to my homily to learn more.

As the disciples are traveling on the road to Emmaus, they may not realize it, but they are actually participating in the celebration of the Mass. Listen to my homily to find out why I make that claim and what a great blessing the Mass is for us.

Our Lord is truly present in the most Holy Eucharist. He's eager to be united with us and bless us in Holy Communion. Listen to my homily to learn more.

Unfortunately, I did not save the recording of my homily for this Sunday. So, I reconstructed the main elements of that homily and expanded a little bit upon it. Please listen to this reconstructed homily to learn more about the Mercy of God!

If we think about the moments of joy that we've experienced in our lives, it often includes a sense of surprise for our benefit and love. Listen to my homily to learn more about this and how we can set a course for joy using the acronym GPS.!

Have you heard of Clare Crockett before she was born in the 1980s became an actress then had a profound encounter with the Lord during a Good Friday service. That started her journey to become a Religious Sister listen to my homily to hear her story and how God has a personal love for each one of us.

Will you let Jesus wash you? When Peter objects to Jesus washing his feet, Jesus tells him that unless he lets Jesus wash his feet, he will not have a shared in the inheritance. Jesus wants to wash us too. Will you let Him? Listen to my homily to understand what this means more clearly.

This Lenten season we have focused on relationship with the Lord and staying in good relationship with the Lord. We do that by avoiding temptation, which helps us avoid sin. We accept the Lord‘s encouragement and draw strength from it to continue in good relationship with Him. We include in part of our prayers, relational or conversational prayer, allowing ourselves to listen to the Lord and hear what He has to say. We accept the healing that He has to give us and we cooperate with His grace to stay in good relationship with Him we accept His mercy and His forgiveness in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, allowing ourselves to be spiritually resurrected when we give into temptation and end up in sin. Listen to this reflection for a greater summary of these previous homilies.

Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. This was a physical resurrection, but our Lord wants to offer us a spiritual resurrection. When we commit mortal sin, we spiritually die. And we need the grace of the sacrament of reconciliation to be raised up again in our spiritual lives. Listen to my homily to learn more.

God wants to love us all the way into heaven, but we have to cooperate with his grace to get there. Listen to my homily to learn more!

We're given a model of prayer with our gospel passage of the woman at the well. We can pull out certain elements that make the acronym ARRR which stands for acknowledge, relate, receive, respond. Listen to my homily to learn more!

There are times in our lives, where we face difficulties and challenges, times when we feel weak and not able to follow the Lord as he calls us. Our Lord wants to strengthen us and that's what he does for his disciples with the Transfiguration. Listen to my homily to learn more.

In our Gospel passage, Jesus gives us different tips and strategies by his example on how to overcome temptation. Listen to my homily to learn more!

Rules and regulations without relationship leads to rebellion. This Lenten season let us focus on our relationship with God. Listen to my homily to learn more!

Jesus calls us to be the salt of the Earth and the light of the world. But how do we prevent losing that flavor or letting the light dim? There are multiple things that we can do including getting together in small faith sharing groups. Listen to my homily to learn more!

How do I get to Heaven? Our readings give us indications and mile markers to help us on the way. Listen to my homily to learn more.

Looking at our readings, Christ is identified as the light. We share this light to those who are in darkness. Those are in need of knowing our Lord and encountering his love. One of the ways we do this is through our Catholic school. Listen to my family to learn more!

Here am I Lord, I come to do your will. This was our Responsorial Psalm, but what does that mean in light of our other readings? It includes defending the unborn children in the Womb.

We might wonder what does baptism do for us? Well, a lot actually. Listen to my homily to learn more!

Why was it that the Wiseman were able to find Jesus and other people didn't? Listen to my reflection to find the answer to this question and learn more!

In our first reading and in the responsorial psalm there's a mention of the Face of God. How do we understand this? Why is it important? Listen to my homily for answers to these questions and for more information!

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.