St. James Cathedral, Seattle

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We are the Cathedral for the Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle and its Archbishop, the Most Reverend J. Peter Sartain. We are also a parish church for a vibrant faith community with a long history that reaches back to Seattle's early days. We are an inner-city parish with an outreach to many who live…

St. James Cathedral


    • Jun 22, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Heaven on Earth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2025 7:21


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, June 22, 2025, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi).

    The Trinity is Community

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2025 7:02


    Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Trinity Sunday, June 15, 2025

    The Wind Under My Wings

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2025 6:48


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Pentecost Sunday, June 8, 2025.

    Pentecost Tributes to Father Ryan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2025 32:01


    On Pentecost Sunday, parishioners and friends offered words of thanks to Father Ryan at the conclusion of each Mass, sharing the ways his ministry over these past thirty-seven years has impacted them. The tributes are from: Tom Campion, Rev. Steve Thomason, Rachel Bungay, Mary Lee, Sister Sharon Casey, Rabbi Daniel Weiner, the Macaraeg Cueto Family, Susan Jones, and Rev. Bill Heric.

    The Ascension of the Lord

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 7:25


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, June 1, 2025, the Ascension of the Lord.

    Who doesn't long for a home?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 7:44


    Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Sunday, May 25, 2025, the 6th Sunday of Easter.

    Building Blocks of the Kingdom of God

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 9:04


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, May 18, 2025, the Fifth Sunday of Easter.

    Geography Lessons

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 6:07


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, May 11, 2025, the Fourth Sunday of Easter.

    A new pastor for St. James Cathedral

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 8:10


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on May 4, 2025, the 3rd Sunday of Easter.Ā 

    What can we say but "thank you"?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 6:28


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, April 27, 2025, Divine Mercy Sunday.

    Let the Sound of Joy Resound

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 9:01


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass at St. James Cathedral on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025. Happy Easter!

    A week of contrasts

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 3:11


    Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Palm Sunday, April 13, 2025.

    Eye Openers

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 7:31


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, March 30, 2025, the Fourth Sunday of Lent.

    An oasis in the desert of Lent

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 7:50


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, March 23, 2025, the Third Sunday of Lent.

    Words matter

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 6:25


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, March 2, 2025, the 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

    Whoever said the Gospel was easy?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 8:06


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, February 23, 2025, the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

    Good News

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 7:35


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, February 9, 2025, the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

    The Encounter

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 7:04


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, February 2, 2025, the Presentation of the Lord.

    We have our work cut out for us

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 8:15


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

    God in flesh made manifest

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025 9:20


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, January 19, 2025,the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time.

    Baptism--a family affair

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 5:55


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, January 12, 2025, the Baptism of the Lord.Father Michael G. Ryan | The Baptism of the Lord

    Empty hands, full hearts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 5:59


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, January 5, 2025, the Epiphany of the Lord.Ā Father Michael G. Ryan | Epiphany

    The Year of Jubilee

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 7:28


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass, Sunday, December 29, 2024, the Solemnity of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, and the beginning of the Jubilee Year 2025

    Humanity has a future!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2024 7:31


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Christmas Day, December 25, 2024.Father Michael G. Ryan | The Nativity of the Lord

    Nothing is impossible for God

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 6:39


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, December 22, 2024, the Fourth Sunday of Advent and the 117th anniversary of the Dedication of St. James Cathedral.

    The Lord never leaves me

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 7:40


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the Third Sunday of Advent, December 15, 2025.

    Christ: our life, our truth, our king

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 6:55


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, November 24, 2024, the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.

    Come, Lord Jesus

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2024 7:09


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, November 17, 2024, the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.

    Post-Election Reflection

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 2:54


    Father Ryan offers brief remarks at the beginning of all Masses this weekend, reflecting on the election this past week.My friends, before we begin Mass, I feel the need to say something about the events of this past week.We have been through a long and bruising election season unlike any of us can remember. Some are elated about the outcome; others are heartbroken. And we bring all of that along with us to Mass this weekend.Ā And even though our feelings about the outcome of the election may be very different, nevertheless, there is still so much that unites us. We wouldn't be here if that weren't case. We are sisters and brothers, part of the same Church, part of the Body of Christ, part of this wonderful community of faith. We need to keep that in mind going forward.And we need to pray, pray earnestly and honestly, pray for our President-elect and for all newly elected officials, pray from our joy, pray from our pain, pray with confidence to the God who loves each of us beyond measure; pray to the God for whom the differences that - to us – may seem insurmountable are really quite inconsequential when viewed against the great backdrop of God's plan for the human family. God's plan is for us to love one another; to build communities of love; to embrace the voiceless and the vulnerable; to work for a better world where all are valued, accepted, and loved. No matter how the future unfolds, we must never forget God's plan, never compromise those core beliefs.And, my friends, no matter what our politics may be, I believe that these are things we can allĀ agree on as believers, things we can work together to bring about. It's what we have been doing for a long time at St. James Cathedral, and I am confident that we will continue that great work together!May our prayer today be a step in that direction. May it begin to bring about healing, mutual understanding, reconciliation, and peace.Ā Let me conclude with words Abraham Lincoln spoke so long ago at his first inaugural, a moment in history when our nation was every bit as polarized as it is today:ā€œWe are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory…will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched…by the better angels of our nature.ā€Ā May it be so!

    Unlikely teachers

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 6:23


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, November 10, 2024, the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Loving God, loving neighbor

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 7:02


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, November 3, 2024, the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time.

    An Encounter with Jesus

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 7:22


    Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Sunday, October 27, 2024, the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

    Would that all the people of the Lord were prophets!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 6:34


    Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Sunday, September 29, 2024, the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

    Servant Leadership

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 6:32


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

    How do you answer the question?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 7:00


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, September 15, 2024, the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Seeking Signs of Hope

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 6:40


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, September 8, 2024, the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

    God's Law of Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 6:58


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, September 1, 2024, the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time.

    We must choose

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 4:53


    Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Sunday, August 25, 2024, the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

    So very fortunate

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 7:34


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, August 11, 2024, the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Signs and wonders

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024 6:19


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, August 4, 2024, the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

    Miraculous Abundance

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 7:08


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, July 28, 2024, the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

    A Pilgrimage to Make

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2024 6:46


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, July 21, 2024, when we observe the Feast of St. James.

    Embracing our call

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 7:34


    Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Sunday, July 14, 2024, the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Power is made perfect in weakness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024 5:56


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, July 7, 2024, the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

    God is on the side of life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 7:28


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, June 30, 2024, the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

    A wonder to behold

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 6:51


    Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Sunday, June 16, 2024, the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time

    It's all about family

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024 7:42


    Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Sunday, June 9, 2024, the 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

    True Food and True Drink

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2024 7:42


    Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on Sunday, June 2, 2024, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

    Totally Changed into Fire

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2024 10:49


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, May 19, 2024, the Solemnity of Pentecost

    Spiritual Whiplash

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2024 5:23


    Father Ryan preaches at the 8:00am Mass on the Ascension of the Lord, May 12, 2024.

    To love as Jesus loves

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2024 7:18


    Father Ryan preaches at the 10:00am Mass on Sunday, May 5, 2024, the Sixth Sunday of Easter

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