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LoveSpeaks: The Podcast is Father Connor Danstrum, pastor of the Newman Center at UIC in the Archdiocese of Chicago and Father Ryan Adorjan, parochial vicar of the Cathedral of St. Raymond and Sacred Heart parish in Joliet. They are two priests, talking about life, spirituality, and a lot of random…

Love Speaks: The Podcast


    • Mar 13, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Brimming with Hope | Lent Parish Mission 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025


    The post Brimming with Hope | Lent Parish Mission 2025 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Grosso Buco

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024


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    Claude, the Passionate Dog | 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024


    From the Letter to St. James this weekend: Where do the wars and where do the conflicts among you come from? Is it not from your passions that make war within your members? You covet The post Claude, the Passionate Dog | 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    What Ideology Makes us Miss | 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024


    Why would Jesus warn people not to tell others that he's the Christ? Isn't that counter productive? The post What Ideology Makes us Miss | 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Words and What They Mean | 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024


    Jesus dismantles the Pharisee's argument in one sentence…a sentence which, as usual, makes no sense in English. The post Words and What They Mean | 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2024 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    The Greatest Tragedy in History | SSPP Farewell Weekend

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024


    Farewell Homily to Ss. Peter and Paul, Naperville 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time 9 June 2024 — What is the greatest tragedy in human history? Besides, of course, for the day that Steve Bartman caught The post The Greatest Tragedy in History | SSPP Farewell Weekend appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Corpus Christi and the Cult of Eden | Corpus Christi 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2024


    St. Thomas Aquinas: Since it was the will of God's only-begotten Son that men should share in his divinity, he assumed our nature in order that by becoming man he might make men gods. Moreover, The post Corpus Christi and the Cult of Eden | Corpus Christi 2024 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    For the Forgiveness of Sins | Pentecost 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024


    A blessed Pentecost!! The post For the Forgiveness of Sins | Pentecost 2024 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Saul’s Heart (and Ours) | 5th Sunday of Easter 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2024


    We continue to move through this Easter season, filled with gladness and fully aware of the magnitude of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. For weeks now, we've heard of the work and faith The post Saul's Heart (and Ours) | 5th Sunday of Easter 2024 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Strange and Difficult Roads | Good Shepherd Sunday

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2024


    “It is likely he will lead you by strange and difficult roads.” -who knows “The final question I will leave with you is this: Are Christians the masters of Christianity, deciding what it should be? The post Strange and Difficult Roads | Good Shepherd Sunday appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Something Unexpected | Easter 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2024


    “Something unexpected is our only hope.” (Eugenio Montale) The post Something Unexpected | Easter 2024 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    The Seriousness of Life & Going Forward with Jesus | Palm Sunday 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2024


    God speaks to each of us as he makes us, then walks with us silently out of the night. These are the words we dimly hear: You, sent out beyond your recall, go to the The post The Seriousness of Life & Going Forward with Jesus | Palm Sunday 2024 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    St. Patrick: A Saint for Our Times | 3/17/24

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2024


    Happy Saint Patrick's Day! He's my confirmation saint and an amazing saint! So I'll never stop giving thanks to my God, who kept me faithful in the time of my temptation. I can today with The post St. Patrick: A Saint for Our Times | 3/17/24 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    This is the World God So Loves | 4th Sunday of Lent 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2024


    Homily from Ss Peter and Paul in Naperville, Illinois for the 4th Sunday of Lent (Laetare) Year B, 3/12/24. The post This is the World God So Loves | 4th Sunday of Lent 2024 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Hearing the Truth About Ourselves is Step #1 | 3rd Sunday of Lent 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2024


    John 4: 5-42 Jesus came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there. Jesus, tired from his journey, sat The post Hearing the Truth About Ourselves is Step #1 | 3rd Sunday of Lent 2024 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Apollo 8’s Message and the Goodness of the World | Christmas 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2023


    Merry Christmas, everyone! To learn more about the Apollo 8 mission and their famous Christmas message from December 24, 1968...click here. The post Apollo 8's Message and the Goodness of the World | Christmas 2023 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Watch, Especially When It Stinks | 1st Week of Advent 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2023


    Happy Advent!   The post Watch, Especially When It Stinks | 1st Week of Advent 2023 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    What is the Vibe of the Kingdom of God?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2023


    Happy Solemnity of Christ the King! I was home for thanksgiving, and glad to preach at Ss. Peter and Paul in Naperville. The vibe of the kingdom is mercy!! And all I have to say The post What is the Vibe of the Kingdom of God? appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Talents, and Entrusting His Own Servants | 33rd Week in Ordinary Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2023


    The Body Keeps the Score: https://www.amazon.com/Body-Keeps-Score-Healing-Trauma/dp/0143127748   The post Talents, and Entrusting His Own Servants | 33rd Week in Ordinary Time appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Self-Acceptance is the Basis of the Christian Creed? (w Fr John Horan)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2023


    Substack: https://pilgrimsprologue.substack.com/ Read the Foreword from Metz's Poverty of Spirit   The post Self-Acceptance is the Basis of the Christian Creed? (w Fr John Horan) appeared first on Love Speaks..

    King Cyrus and Caesar’s Coin | 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2023


    Readings for the week are here (complete with annoying lectionary chopping): https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102223.cfm My substack is here: pilgrimsprologue.substack.com     The post King Cyrus and Caesar's Coin | 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time appeared first on Love Speaks..

    “Be Anxious for Nothin” is terrible advice, but is it also the right thing?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2023


    The topic of the Podcast this week is Anxiety…is Paul telling us that the solution to feeling anxious is just praying more, or is he saying that God won’t listen or bless us until we The post “Be Anxious for Nothin” is terrible advice, but is it also the right thing? appeared first on Love Speaks..

    St. Therese and the Love that Kept Her Sane | October 2, 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2023


    Today's podcast highlights the awesomeness of St. Therese of Lisieux. Here are the links, as promised! Marc Foley's The Love that Keeps Us Sane The Institute of Carmelite Studies' The Poetry of St. Therese of Lisieux Therese's The post St. Therese and the Love that Kept Her Sane | October 2, 2023 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Forgiveness & A Good BM (?) | 24th Sunday 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2023


    Here's the readings for this week: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091723.cfm   The post Forgiveness & A Good BM (?) | 24th Sunday 2023 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    The Most Ignored Teaching Ever | 11 September 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2023


    Here's the link to Etymonline, the Etymology dictionary: https://www.etymonline.com/ And also to the readings for the week: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091023.cfm   The post The Most Ignored Teaching Ever | 11 September 2023 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Tingly Ears: Jeremiah, Peter, and a Huge Lesson

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2023


    Read the readings!! https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/090323.cfm Here's what I'm looking at while going through the Latin Vulgate text of Jeremiah 20: https://vulgate.org/ot/jeremiah_20.htm Have you fallen in love with www.greekbible.com yet? And just because: St Therese's poem to The post Tingly Ears: Jeremiah, Peter, and a Huge Lesson appeared first on Love Speaks..

    “Lord, Help Me”: Jesus and the Canannite Woman | 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2023


    Click here the link to the autobiography/interview book with Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa I mention in the podcast. And the moving section from Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word (Vol. 2) where Merikakis puts words on The post “Lord, Help Me”: Jesus and the Canannite Woman | 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2023 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    What Peter’s Desire Requires | 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2023


    If you're not using www.greekbible.com to help you read the Gospels, then what are you doing? Here's the second part of the excerpt I read in the Podcast from Vol. II of Merikakis' Fire of The post What Peter's Desire Requires | 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2023 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Peter and the Transfiguration | Transfiguration 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2023


    This week I am pivoting to a bit longer form of the podcast…take a listen and be sure to subscribe for weekly newsletters to your inbox at ryanadorjan.com/subscribe. The quote from Merikakis' commentary on Matthew, Fire The post Peter and the Transfiguration | Transfiguration 2023 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    The Jealous Pearl | 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023


    Whoever is in Christ is a new creation. What else does this mean except that in Jesus, because of Jesus, with Jesus…everything is different. That it is possible to live a life without fear, without The post The Jealous Pearl | 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Ascension of the Lord 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2023


    Here's my homily from the Ascension, at the 7pm Mass on May 21 at Ss. Peter and Paul in Naperville! The picture for this post is Rembrandt's “Ascension”, which you can read more about by The post Ascension of the Lord 2023 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    “It isn’t (and also is) about the priest.” | 4th Sunday of Easter 2023 – Good Shepherd Sunday

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2023


    In the midst of many priest moves being announced, we'll be hearing things like, “It's about Jesus! Not the priest!” and that's true enough. Just Google “Ex Opere Operato” and you'll see why. But while The post “It isn't (and also is) about the priest.” | 4th Sunday of Easter 2023 – Good Shepherd Sunday appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Totally New | Easter Sunday 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2023


    Happy Easter! He is risen, as he said!! You can watch my homily from Naperville here, or listen to the audio below. I have no idea why the thumbnail is Jeff Cavins… The post Totally New | Easter Sunday 2023 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Palm Sunday 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2023


    So let us spread before his feet, not garments or soulless olive branches, which delight the eye for a few hours and then wither, but ourselves, clothed in his grace, or rather, clothed completely in The post Palm Sunday 2023 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    St. Claude Day Talk

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2023


    St. Claude la Colombiere: 1641- 1682; feast day is Feb 15. Connections: Jean-Claude; Feb 15; 1992; Arrival in Paray on December 27 On Becoming Holy I do not give up hope, however, of arriving at The post St. Claude Day Talk appeared first on Love Speaks..

    The Lego Titanic and Word of God Sunday | 3rd Week in Ordinary Time 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2023


    I preached this Sunday at St. Anne's in Oswego, and it's always a joy to be back there. It's also Word of God Sunday, so I preached on the essential messages of the Scriptures we The post The Lego Titanic and Word of God Sunday | 3rd Week in Ordinary Time 2023 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Hope, Mary, and Benedict XVI | Mary, Mother of God 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2023 6:28


    Please enjoy this homily, given this morning at the Pontifical Irish College in Rome by my great friend, Fr. Jim Olofson. You can find the readings here. The post Hope, Mary, and Benedict XVI | Mary, Mother of God 2022 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Drastic Measures | Christmas 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2022


    Merry Christmas, everyone! Here's my homily from the 5pm Christmas Eve Mass at Ss. Peter and Paul in Naperville. The post Drastic Measures | Christmas 2022 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Great News: It’s Not About You | Gaudete Sunday 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2022


    Brick and River by Brennan Robinson There was a brick on the bridge's bottom, Who had wearied of what elders taught him In song they'd sing about being a brick, The joy with brother to The post Great News: It's Not About You | Gaudete Sunday 2022 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Ad Sum | 2nd Sunday of Advent 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2022


    Here we are at the beginning of the new Church year and……..we're talking about the end? Again. But we can't be fooled into thinking that the end, the fulfillment of life in the new kingdom, The post Ad Sum | 2nd Sunday of Advent 2022 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    First Things First | Christ the King 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2022


    Dear friends, A blessed Solemnity of Christ the King!! In the homily I reflect mainly on the second reading, this weekend taken from St. Paul's awesome letter to the Colossians. You can find all the The post First Things First | Christ the King 2022 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Testifying In Chaos | 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2022


    This weeks readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111322.cfm Take a listen to my homily below: The post Testifying In Chaos | 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Have You Died Today? | 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2022


    Listen to my homily below!! (But read the readings first!: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110622.cfm)   The post Have You Died Today? | 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Always Google the Proper Nouns: Zacchaeus and Sycamore Trees | 31st Sunday in OT 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2022


    Here are the readings for the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, 30 October Year C. You can watch my homily, or find the audio below.     The post Always Google the Proper Nouns: Zacchaeus and Sycamore Trees | 31st Sunday in OT 2022 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    “Where Wildflowers Are Blooming” | 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2022


    This week I remembered my friend Rosie Robinson on the first anniversary of her death. Read this week's reading here and listen to the homily below. The post “Where Wildflowers Are Blooming” | 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    “I Hate It Here” and a Kingdom Not of This World | 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2022


    Reading 2 1 Tm 1:12-17 Beloved: I am grateful to him who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me trustworthy in appointing me to the ministry. I was once a blasphemer The post “I Hate It Here” and a Kingdom Not of This World | 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Philemon, Actually Doing This Thing, and the Lady in the Prius | 23rd Sunday in OT 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2022


    Reading 2 Phmn 9-10, 12-17 I, Paul, an old man, and now also a prisoner for Christ Jesus, urge you on behalf of my child Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment; I The post Philemon, Actually Doing This Thing, and the Lady in the Prius | 23rd Sunday in OT 2022 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Shia LaBeouf, St. Augustine, and Choosing the Way | 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2022


    Reading 2 Heb 12:18-19, 22-24a Brothers and sisters: You have not approached that which could be touched and a blazing fire and gloomy darkness and storm and a trumpet blast and a voice speaking words The post Shia LaBeouf, St. Augustine, and Choosing the Way | 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Preventative Discipline | 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2022


    Reading 2 Heb 12:5-7, 11-13 Brothers and sisters, You have forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as children: “My son, do not disdain the discipline of the Lord or lose heart when reproved by him; The post Preventative Discipline | 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Inflamate Omnia and the Life of Jeremiah | 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2022


    Reading 1 Jer 38:4-6, 8-10 In those days, the princes said to the king: “Jeremiah ought to be put to death; he is demoralizing the soldiers who are left in this city, and all the The post Inflamate Omnia and the Life of Jeremiah | 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 appeared first on Love Speaks..

    Tenderness and Severity: The Father is Pleased to Give You the Kingdom | 19th Sunday in OT 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2022


    Gospel Lk 12:32-48 Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not be afraid any longer, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom. Sell your belongings and give alms. Provide money bags The post Tenderness and Severity: The Father is Pleased to Give You the Kingdom | 19th Sunday in OT 2022 appeared first on Love Speaks..

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