Fr. Lampe’s Podcast

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.

God‘s plan for marriage is that it lasts the lifetime of husband and wife. Sometimes their own relationship is neglected and they drift apart. However, there are some tips that can help prevent this. Listen to my homily to find out more.

All of us who are baptized and especially those confirmed share and the prophetic office of Jesus Christ. This means we have the grace to tell the truth and spread the Gospel and defend it. Being a profit includes sharing the truth, not only about our Lord, but about other important things like the Missouri constitutional Amendment 3 and how bad it really will be for our state if it passes. Listen to my homily to learn more.

Jesus wants us to grow in the virtues of humility and love. In my homily, I explore these teams with our gospel passage today and apply them to our lives.

Each one of us has to answer for ourselves the question Jesus asks in our gospel, “who do you say that I am?“ Some authors have sought to answer that question by summarizing the different possibilities. Who Jesus is to each of us, makes a difference on how we live our lives. Listen to the homily to learn more.

Living out, our faith includes taking risks. Listen to my homily to hear how I took a risk while trying to live out the faith. The rewards are much greater than the negative aspects that may come from the risk of following our Lord and living out the faith.

Sometimes, in our faith journey, we find ourselves just going through the motions. It can be as if we weren't talking to anyone, but simply trying to complete a task. Listen to my homily to find out what can help overcome such a situation.

As we conclude John chapter 6, we see that some of the disciples of Jesus turn away because they cannot accept the teaching on the Eucharist, but the 12 remain because they know Jesus, even though they don't understand the teaching. Where are you in your relationship with the Lord? Listen to my homily to learn more!

Jesus talks about eating his flesh and drinking his blood, and we know that he's referring to Holy Communion. Listen to my homily to learn more about being well disposed, and receiving the God of the universe in Holy Communion.

On this holy day of obligation, we are blessed to celebrate the Blessed Virgin Mary and her bodily assumption into heaven. She is the new ark of the covenant carrying the special presence of our Lord to His people.

As Elijah needed food for the journey to fulfill God‘s plan and to make it to his destination, we too need food for the journey. Jesus reveals that the food for our spiritual journey to heaven is Himself in the Eucharist. Listen to my homily to learn more.

Sometimes when God does something new or different in our lives, we may not be completely open to it. We may resist it; we may ask “what is this?” Let us consider how we may be open to a greater faith, trust and obedience to the Lord. Listen to my homily to learn more.

How do you know that you're loved? Many of us perhaps have not thought about it. How do we express and receive love? Some theories would put it at five different love languages. Listen to my homily to learn more.

When the Apostles return after their mission of spreading the good news, Jesus calls them to come and rest with him. We're also reminded by Jesus that we need good shepherds to lead the flock to care for them so let us pray for the shepherds, the leaders of the church.

Jesus calls His 12 disciples to have a radical trust in him as He sends them out 2 x 2 but not letting them bring food or money or additional clothing. We are also called to trust in the Lord and even though we may not feel equipped for what He asks of us, such as sharing the good news of the gospel with others he still desires us to rely upon Him, and spread the Gospel.

It's easy for us to take the people the blessings we have in our lives for granted. But we should be grateful for these things and we should take whatever appropriate actions are needed in order to maintain these relationships and these blessings that we have received. It's important for us to be open to go deeper into our understanding of the faith, including in the pro life issues and in the proposed amendment to our state constitution. Listen to my homily to learn more.