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Pastor of Our Lady Queen of All Saints Catholic Church in Ville Platte, LA

Fr. Stephen Pellessier


    • May 18, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 14m AVG DURATION
    • 242 EPISODES


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    4 Sun Easter C: Moms, Priests, Pope

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 6:10


    The influence of moms, especially on the priestly vocation.

    First Communion 2025: Food from Heaven

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 4:47


    Homily given to children making their first communion at Queen of All Saints.

    3 Sun Easter C: Papacy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 14:27


    Why we believe in the papacy, what we believe about infallibility, and why the papacy matters.

    Divine Mercy 2025: Javer

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 7:46


    Why is it so difficult to receive mercy?

    Easter 2025: Risen Life in a Fallen World

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 9:16


    The worst vacation of my life, Frodo, the resurrection, and baptism.

    Holy Thursday 2025: Edible Obedience

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 4:33


    God will get His, whether we give it to Him or not.

    Palm Sunday 2025: What do we say?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 1:43


    What do we say to Christ on the Cross?

    3rd Scrutiny 2025: Augustine and Lazarus

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 8:13


    Juxtaposing the raising of Lazarus with the conversion of St. Augustine to show how God can resurrect our spiritually dead family members.

    5 Sun Lent C: Musings on Mercy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 5:33


    Thoughts on the woman caught in adultery gleaning insights on the Lord's mercy.

    Lenten Mission 2025: Beauty & Catholicism

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 39:59


    Night 3 of Lenten Mission given at St. Pius X in Ragley.

    Lenten Mission 2025: Beauty Matters

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 35:19


    Night 1 of Lenten Mission given at St. Pius X in Ragley, LA

    Lenten Mission 2025: Reformation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 35:49


    Second night of Lenten Mission given at St. Pius X in Ragley.

    2nd Scrutiny 2025: Meche's

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 12:05


    On the purification of the imagination.

    4 Sun Lent C: Prayer and the Sons

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 10:36


    Homily given at St. Pius X in Ragley on the journey of prayer.

    1st Scrutiny: Give Me a Drink

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 5:08


    Homily given on 3rd Sunday of Lent to 10:30AM Mass at OLQAS.

    3 Sun Lent C: Stalled Brisket

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 9:02


    Undergoing deeper conversion through Moses' encounter with burning bush.

    3 Sun Lent C: Stalled Brisket

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 9:02


    Undergoing deeper repentance through Moses' encounter with the burning bush.

    2 Sun Lent C: Throw Pillows

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 7:12


    Why Moses and Elijah matter at the transfiguration.

    1 Sun Lent C: Occupied Territory

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 8:14


    Regaining Paradise through temptation, territory by territory.

    Ash Wednesday 2025: Grievances

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 3:09


    A Lenten airing of grievances.

    8 Sun OT C: Gossip

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 8:20


    From the fullness of the heart, the mouth speaks. Give up gossip for Lent.

    7 Sun OT C: Virtual Spirituality

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 7:38


    Given at the US naval base in Sasebo, Japan. Why does God remain distant when we do not love our enemies?

    6 Sun OT C: Checkmate

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 4:54


    Understanding the beatitudes from the gospel of Luke through the lens of chess.

    5 Sun OT C: Procrastination

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 6:12


    What does Jesus seem to procrastinate his miracles?

    Presentation of the Lord 2025: Groundhog Day.wav

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 7:27


    What does Groundhog Day have to do with the Presentation of the Lord?

    3 Sun OT C: The Envy and Enviability of Paul

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025 7:00


    A look into the Conversion of St. Paul from the sin of envy.

    2 Sun OT C: Image of God

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 7:31


    What is your image of God and why does it matter?

    Baptism of the Lord C: Make the Waters Clean

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 9:52


    What the Baptism of the Lord tells the laity about their call to sanctify the earth.

    Epiphany C: Knowing the Will of God

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 6:53


    Epiphany C: Knowing the Will of God by Fr. Stephen Pellessier

    Holy Family C: Model and Refuge

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 9:44


    Don't be afraid to raise your kids in the face with Mary and Joseph as a model and refuge.

    Christmas 2024: Humility

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2024 5:06


    God made man showing us the foundation to the life of virtue, humility.

    4 Sun Advent C: Temperance

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 9:24


    The fourth virtue teaching us to relate to the delightful good, and a reflection on Mary's temperance in the Visitation.

    3 Sun Advent C: Fortitude

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 7:00


    The third of the cardinal virtues, fortitude. With a special emphasis on magnanimity and its defect and excess.

    2 Sun Advent C: Justice

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 10:25


    The second of the cardinal virtues, continuing the four part series: justice. With a special focus on the virtue of religion.

    1 Sun Advent: Prudence

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 10:58


    The first of a four part series on the Cardinal Virtues, the mother of virtues, prudence.

    33 Sun OT B: The End of the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2024 13:03


    An explanation of why we believe what we believe about the end of the world, and what to do about it.

    32 Sun OT B: Poboy Sales

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 7:04


    Have the faith to ask others to live the moral life.

    31 Sun OT B: Dilexit nos

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 6:37


    For He Loved Us.

    30 Sun OT B: Do it.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 5:14


    Just listen. Do it.

    Beatitudes: Blessed are the Peacemakers

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 29:13


    Talk given at Theology on the Prairie using Thomas Aquinas to address the vision of the beatitudes and specifically being a peacemaker in the modern world.

    28 Sun OT B: Catch Me if You Can

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 10:19


    What's so wrong with the rich young man? A comparison between our kingdom with God's kingdom.

    27 Sun OT B: Gen. 3/16

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2024 8:12


    A homily on sexual complimentarity and the frustrations between the sexes.

    26 Sun OT B: Little Red Lizard

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 12:58


    An excerpt from The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis, illuminating “if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off.”

    25 Sun OT B: Social Assassin

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 7:06


    Childlikeness vs being a spiritual orphan, and the consequences of both.

    24 Sun OT B: Masochism?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 6:01


    Why does Jesus care about suffering so much? A look at the life of Peter will help.

    23 Sun OT B: Silence

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 14:02


    Using Robert Cardinal Sarah's book The Power of Silence, examining external noise, internal noise, and God's desire for us.

    22 Sun OT B: The Word and words

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 14:09


    Exploring the power of words in context of the Word.

    21 Sun OT B: Practical Eucharistic Reverence

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 22:18


    Practical reflections to give our bodies for Christ's body appropriately.

    20 Sun OT B: Mortal Sin and Communion

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 14:21


    An explanation of why those in mortal sin are not to go to communion.

    19 Sun OT B: Eucharist and Marriage

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 9:59


    Reflections on the connection between the Eucharist and marriage using J.R.R. Tolkien.

    18 Sun OT B: Out of Egypt

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2024 11:45


    A reflection on J.R.R. Tolkien's relationship with the Eucharist, shedding light on ours.

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