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Fr. Allan MacDonald's weekly Sunday Homily with a hint of caffeine.

Fr. Allan MacDonald, CC


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    An Open Door

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2025 18:46


    A door opened for Pope Leo XIV, and a door opens for us!

    The Lamb's a Shepherd

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2025 15:07


    Jesus knows us. He knows our names. He loves each of us personally. He understands what we are experiencing in life, individually and collectively.

    Peter Goes to Rehab

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2025 27:10


    The Lord offers Peter a second chance. He offers us a second chance.*This episode was previously published on YouTube on April 29, 2022.

    Death to Death (Easter Sunday)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 6:45


    An imagined look at how the news of Easter Sunday would have been reported in a Jerusalem newspaper.

    A Quiet Saturday (Holy Saturday)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2025 6:32


    An interview with some key people from Good Friday.

    Jesus is Dead (Good Friday)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 4:17


    An imaginary look at how the news of Jesus' death would have been reported in the local Jerusalem newspapers.

    Dust on. Dust off. (Holy Thursday)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 9:30


    Mr. Miyagi's directive to Daniel in "The Karate Kid" - "Wax on. Wax off".

    #thefogwilllift

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2025 12:16


    Live not in the fog, but in the full message of Holy Week!

    Hope is a Decision

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2025 20:08


    Hope has decided for us. Will we decide for Him?

    Hope is Personal

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2025 21:12


    Jesus is the Hope we seek ... and it's personal!

    Hope Is A Person

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2025 22:45


    Jesus thirsts that we thirst for Him.

    Hope Is an Encounter

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 23:08


    Our encounter with Hope is born from a crisis, which moves us to become witnesses.

    Hope Is a Virtue

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2025 27:27


    Part 1 of "Hope Does Not Disappoint" - Fr. Allan's SOTS series for Lent.

    Check Your Blind Spots

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2025 19:22


    Lent is our time to turn our head and look!

    Check Your Blind Spots

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2025 19:22


    Lent is our time to turn our head and look!

    Give and Forgive

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2025 29:00


    How can our parishes become more like meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous?

    The Kiss of Christ (Part 3) - The Do's and Don't of Confession

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 21:24


    What we do and don't do in Confession.

    The Kiss of Christ (Part 2) - Why Do We?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2025 20:27


    8 reasons why we approach Jesus in Confession.

    The Kiss of Christ (Part 1) - Why Don't We?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2025 25:40


    What excuses and obstacles do we use to avoid going to Confession?

    G.O.A.T. Wedding

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2025 20:56


    The G.O.A.T. wedding was not at Cana, but on the hill of Calvary.

    Get Going!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2025 23:50


    Fr. Allan's experience, strength and hope in the spiritual life and exercise/sports.

    Get Up!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2025 21:59


    Getting up in the morning is not a gift, it's a decision!

    Get to Sleep

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2025 21:50


    Growing in holiness and staying physically fit begins with a good night sleep.

    The Cloche of Nazareth

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2024 20:29


    Place yourself under the care and protection of the Holy Family in Nazareth.

    The Shoot Has Sprouted

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 18:08


    God enters, is found and is seen in Jesus!

    Best Christmas Song

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2024 20:51


    The Shoot is about to Sprout!

    Holy Spirit Fire

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2024 27:38


    Will I allow the Holy Spirit to do a controlled burn in my life?

    I'm not Forgotten

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2024 21:19


    Do I feel distant from the Lord; in prison; in the wilderness? I'm not forgotten!

    Real or Artificial?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2024 24:13


    Will I get real, not artificial, with Jesus?

    Better, Not Bitter

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2024 22:35


    Do we let the difficulties and obstacles of life make us better, or bitter?

    Boy Scout Motto

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2024 20:33


    How do we live in ambiguous certainty? Be prepared!

    Unrestricted Gift

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2024 25:55


    When was the last time I made an unrestricted gift of myself?

    Jesus' Press Conference

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2024 24:35


    Jesus answers our questions. Will we answer Him?

    We Shout. God Calls.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2024 18:08


    God calls us more than we shout to Him.

    A Free Upgrade

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2024 21:40


    We qualify for a free upgrade to eternal life.

    Run to Win

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2024 20:54


    One person sets out on a journey, while another sets out on a run. Only one makes it to the finish line.

    A Missionary Disciple: Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2024 26:15


    What we have wrongly united, can the Lord rightly separate?

    A Missionary Disciple: Identity

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2024 23:38


    God knows who He is.  Do we know who we are?

    A Missionary Disciple: Posture

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2024 24:43


    You can't catch fish if your boat is tied to the dock!

    Getting to Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2024 15:18


    The Corporal and Spiritual works of Mercy.

    Have a Seat

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2024 12:21


    When we cry "When?", the Lord says "Have a seat".

    An Inside Job

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2024 15:58


    Growing in the spiritual life is an inside job.

    Here or There?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2024 29:12


    Will I decide stay with the Lord or leave Him?

    Thing or Person?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2024 28:03


    We become whom we eat - Jesus in the Eucharist.

    Give or Is?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2024 25:32


    Part 3 - Does the Lord give us bread or is He the Bread He gives us? Does the Lord give us bread, or is He the Bread He gives us? 00:00 - Introduction & welcome. 01:19 - Review of Parts 1 and 2 of The Bread of Life Discourse 02:59 - Does the Lord give us bread? 05:15 - 1 Kings 19:4 - A geographical cure - "It is enough ... a days journey in the wilderness" 06:21 - 1 Kings 19:7-8 - God gives the bread (and water). 08:23 - Is He the Bread He gives? 09:24 - John 6:48-51 - "I am the Bread of Life". 10:42 - Do I ever feel like Elijah? 11:37 - John 6:37 - "... anyone who comes to me I will never drive away." 12:05 - Mt. 11:28 - "Come to me all you who are weary and I will give you rest." 13:44 - Manna satisfied the body; the Eucharist feeds our souls! 14:54 - 1 Kings 19:9 - "What are you doing here Elijah?" 16:22 - Prayer is the safest emotional place on earth. 16:53 - 1 Kings 19:11-12 - Elijah's spiritual experience. 18:04 - Why am I here? - If I've been away; if I'm hungry ... I come back. 19:10 - Our spiritual experience of the "still small voice" of the Lord. 21:13 - Prayer & Blessing. Substack – https://sippingonthesabbath.substack.com Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/sipping-on-the-sabbath/id1587758453 Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/3XPu1mUdoR0MXVXcbQEhqe?si=83e19e9da821447a Website – https://padreamac.com Make a Donation – https://padreamac.com

    Loaves or Love?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2024 19:17


    Am I searching for the blessings of God, or the God of blessings?

    Obstacle or Opportunity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2024 22:41


    Do I see the obstacle with me, or the opportunity with God?

    Vacationing with Jesus.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2024 21:31


    Do I rest each day with Jesus in prayer in the deserted place of our hearts?

    No Carry-on Luggage

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2024 23:04


     What emotional and spiritual baggage am I carrying?

    Strength in the Storms

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2024 29:10


    Will I rely on God's strength and not my own?

    Miracles in the Storms

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2024 27:33


    Into the storms of our lives, Jesus brings miracles!

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