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The Good Word


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    Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent: March 4 (Fr. Matthew Allman, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2026 3:12


    Miércoles de la II semana de Cuaresma: 4 de Marzo (P. Tomás "Martín" Deely, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2026 6:24


    SIENDO LOS MAS GRANDES QUE SIRVENHoy los apóstoles pelean sobre quienes de ellos iba ser el más grande en el reino de Jesús. Jesús mismo acaba de hablarles sobre la Pasión y Muerte que él va a sufrir. Habla también sobre su resurrección. Pero los discípulos no entienden. Inclusive la mamá de Santiago y Juan acaba de pedirles que ellos, sus hijos fueran a sentarse al lado de Jesús en su reino. Ella tampoco entiende nada sobre la Cruz venidera de Jesús. Porque cuando Jesús les pregunta a Santiago y Juan: ¿Podrán beber el cáliz que yo he de beber?" ellos le dicen que sí. Pero no entienden que beber el cáliz de Jesús quiere decir que ellos, y todos nosotros que amamos y seguimos a Jesús TODOS NOSOTROS VAMOS A SUFRIR AL IGUAL QUE JESÚS.  Porque seguir a Jesús y vivir como Jesús nos obliga a ser, al igual que Jesús, ser un siervo de Jesús y un siervo de la gente más pobre, más sufrida, más olvidada y maltratada de este mundo. Jesús no pone así hoy. Les dice a sus discípulos y eso incluye a mí a todos nosotros:  El que quiera ser grande entre ustedes, que sea el que los sirva, y el que quiera ser primero, que sea su esclavo; así como el Hijo del hombre no ha venido a ser servido, sino a servir y a dar la vida por la redención de todos".Si me quieren enviar comentarios:tdeely7352@hotmail.com

    Martes de la II semana de Cuaresma: 3 de Marzo (P. Alipio Flores, C.Ss.R.)

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    Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent: March 3 (Fr. Anthony Michalik, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2026 5:46


    Lunes de la II semana de Cuaresma: 2 de Marzo (P. Freddy Lazcano, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2026 4:18


    Monday of the Second Week of Lent: March 2 (Fr. Denis Sweeney, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2026 4:14


    Bonus: Second Sunday of Lent: March 1 (Fr. Peter Linh, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2026 4:11


    II Domingo de Cuaresma: 1 de Marzo (P. Edmundo Molina, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2026 5:03


    Second Sunday of Lent: March 1 (Fr. Ed Faliskie, C.Ss.R.)

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    Sábado de la I semana de Cuaresma,P. Tomás "Martín" Deely, CSSR

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2026 5:42


    EL ENEMIGO QUE NO QUISIERA TENER!!A M I GO…..AMIGO....E N E M I GO.....Si no fuera las letras EN La palabra sería AMIGO.  Pero eso de dejar de o ser o de tener un enemigo  para alegremente SER o TENER un AMIGO, pues no es cuestión de cambiar letras.  Porque eso de oír este bello consejo de Jesús de amar y hacer el bien hasta a esa gente  que nos hayan hecho o los que te hayan hecho el mal…eso es dejar que el Espíritu Santo de Dios hacer su obra potente y maravillosa en la mente y el corazón de nosotros.  Yo personalmente no deseo mal a nadie. Yo personalmente no conozco a nadie que me desea hacerme daño. Quédate!!! Me corrijo. Hay alguien que quisiera no fuera mi enemigo. Pero tristemente lo es. No lo odio ni nada de eso.  Pero lamentablemente él o ellos tomaron la decisión hace mucho tiempo atrás de ser mi enemigo . No quisiera tener este enemigo.  El u ellos (ahora Uds. van a saber quienes son!!!) uno de ellos fue por un tiempo un ángel.  El tenía un nombre que aquel lejano entonces  era muy bello. Lo llamaban el Portador de la Luz…En latín eso se dice así: LUCIFER. Durante este tiempo de la Cuaresma cuando nos preparamos para celebrar la Pasión, Muerte todos tenemos un solo enemigo. Entre otras tentaciones este enemigo no quiere que Uds. y yo amemos  a los demás incluyendo y quizás mas que otros a la gente olvidada, pisoteada y maltratada de este mundo. En la lectura de hoy Moisés le dice a la gente, después de darles los Diez Mandamientos: "El Señor, tu Dios, te manda hoy que cumplas estas leyes y decretos; guárdalos, por lo tanto, y ponlos en práctica con todo tu corazón y con toda tu alma. Hoy Jesús, después de animarnos a amar hasta quienes nos aman Jesús nos recuerda de lo que será la recompensa si hacemos caso a sus palabras. Nos dice: para que sean hijos de su Padre celestial, que hace salir su sol sobre los buenos y los malos, y manda su lluvia sobre los justos y los injustos. Así llegaremos a ser como era una vez Lucifer. Portadores de la Luz…la Luz que es Jesús mismo. Así sea.Si me deseas enviarme un comentario: tdeely7352@hotmail.com

    Saturday of the First Week of Lent: February 28 (Anne Walsh)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2026 6:08


    Viernes de la I semana de Cuaresma: 27 de Febrero (P. Gustavo Arias, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2026 3:17


    Friday of the First Week of Lent: February 27 (Mc Quain Clovis, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2026 2:03


    Jueves de la I semana de Cuaresma: 26 de Febrero (P. Fabio Marín Morales, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2026 3:34


    Thursday of the First Week in Lent: February 26 (Fr. Jerry Knapp, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2026 3:45


    Miércoles de la I semana de Cuaresma: 25 de Febrero (P. Blas Caceres, C.Ss.R.)

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    Wednesday of the First Week in Lent: February 25 (Elizabeth Goral-Makowski)

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    Martes de la I semana de Cuaresma: 24 de Febrero (P. Pedro López, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2026 5:09


    Tuesday of the First Week of Lent: February 24 (Fr. James Mc Donald, C.Ss.R.)

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    Monday of the First Week of Lent: February 23 (Fr. Henry Sattler, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2026 3:47


    First Sunday of Lent: February 22 (Fr. Donald Roth, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2026 4:20


    I Domingo de Cuaresma: 22 de Febrero (P. John Olenick, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2026 7:01


    Saturday after Ash Wednesday: February 21 (Fr. Karl Esker, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2026 4:47


    Saturday after Ash WednesdayFebruary 21, 2026 Hello and welcome to the Word, bringing you the Good News of Jesus Christ every day from the Redemptorists of the Baltimore Province. I am Fr. Karl Esker from the Basilica of our Lady of Perpetual Help in Brooklyn, NY. Today is Saturday after Ash Wednesday.Our reading today is taken from the holy gospel according to Luke. Jesus saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.” And leaving everything behind, he got up and followed him. Then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were at table with them. The Pharisees and their scribes complained to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” Jesus said to them in reply, “Those who are healthy do not need a physician, but the sick do. I have not come to call the righteous to repentance but sinners.”The gospel of the Lord.Homily In our gospel today we hear Jesus call Levi, a tax collector, to follow him. In the gospel according to Matthew, he will be called Matthew. The name is not so important as the fact that he was a tax collector, a class of people who was despised in Jesus' time because they because they were agents of the Roman occupiers. So, we might ask, along with the Pharisees, why would Jesus call such a person? Jesus obviously knew Matthew/Levi's heart better that he did, because that tax collector left his post immediately and followed Jesus. His joy at being chosen by Jesus was so great that he threw a great banquet and invited his friends, tax collectors and other outcasts, of course, to get to know Jesus. The Pharisees were not impressed. They tried to shame Jesus' disciples: “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” They implied that anyone who would associate with tax collectors had to be a sinner. Therefore, the disciples must shun such company. Jesus wasted no time in coming to the defense of his disciples: “Those who are healthy do not need a physician, but the sick do. I have not come to call the righteous to repentance but sinners.” To follow Jesus, one must humbly recognize that he or she is in need of God's saving grace and that Jesus is the source of that grace. In our polarized society, where we are expected to show our allegiance to our own group by despising and bad mouthing those of other opinions or cultures, the call of Matthew/Levi should serve as a wake-up call. Jesus invites the outcasts to follow him and restores their value as children of God. We, each one of us, has been called by Christ, not because of any merit we may think we have, but because of the inner value he sees in us, and wants to bring forth. The prophet Isaiah in today's first reading shows us the way. “If you remove from your midst oppression, false accusation and malicious speech; If you bestow your bread on the hungry and satisfy the afflicted; Then light shall rise for you in the darkness, and the gloom shall become for you like midday.” The Pharisees erred not by calling those who associated with the tax collectors sinners, but by thinking that they themselves were not. Jesus corrects them, not by denying that those with whom he was associating were sinners, but by saying that those were the very ones he had come to find and to save. As we enter the season of Lent let us recognize our need for forgiveness for the many times we have not acted as children of God and thank Jesus for calling us into his light. Then we must invite others to share in this moment of grace, as did Matthew/Levi.May God bless you. Fr. Karl E. Esker CSsRBasilica of our Lady of Perpetual HelpBrooklyn, NY

    Sábado después de ceniza: 21 de Febrero (P. John McKenna, C.Ss.R.)

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    Viernes después de ceniza: 20 de Febrero (P. Adrián Roelly, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2026 4:01


    Friday after Ash Wednesday: February 20 (Fr. Royce Thomas, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2026 3:06


    Thursday after Ash Wednesday: February 19 (Fr. James Gilmour, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2026 6:27


    Jueves después de ceniza: 19 de Febrero (P. Joseph Dionne, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2026 3:07


    Ash Wednesday: February 18 (Fr. Robert Wojtek, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2026 2:53


    Miércoles de Ceniza: 18 de Febrero (P. Robert Wojtek, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2026 3:35


    Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time: February 17 (Fr. Charlie Hergenroeder, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2026 3:49


    Martes de la VI semana del Tiempo ordinario: 17 de Febrero (P. Charlie Hergenroeder, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2026 4:27


    Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time: February 16 (Fr. Sean McGillicuddy, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 2:55


    Lunes de la VI semana del tiempo ordinario: 16 de Febrero (P. Sean McGillicuddy, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 3:30


    Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: February 15 (Fr. Patrick Woods, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2026 3:39


    VI Domingo Ordinario: 15 de Febrero (P. Edmundo Molina, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2026 7:32


    Memorial of Saints Cyril, Monk, and Methodius, Bishop: February 14 (Fr. Gerry Chylko, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2026 5:49


    Memoria de San Cirilo, monje y san Metodio, obispo: 14 de Febrero (P. Adrián Roelly, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2026 4:54


    Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time: February 13 (Fr. Frank Skelly, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2026 5:25


    Viernes de la V semana del Tiempo ordinario: 13 de Febrero (P. Máximo de Los Santos, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2026 3:05


    Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time: February 12 (Fr. Peter Hill, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2026 3:00


    Jueves de la V semana del tiempo ordinario: 12 de Febrero (P. Agustín Cantú Drauaillet, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2026 5:08


    Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time: February 11 (Fr. John Kingsbury, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2026 3:56


    Miércoles de le V semana del tiempo ordinario: 11 de Febrero (P. Alipio Flores, C.Ss.R.)

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    Memorial of Saint Scholastica, Virgin: February 10 (Fr. Kevin O'Neil, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2026 3:24


    Memoria de Santa Escolástica, virgen: 10 de Febrero (P. Kevin O'Neil, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2026 4:35


    Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time: February 9 (Fr. Kevin Mac Donald, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2026 4:18


    On a trip to the Philippines in 2015, Pope Francis met a twelve-year-old girl who captured the hearts of people around the world. She tearfully asked the Pope why God allowed children to suffer? The young girl, Glyzelle Palomar, used to live her life on the streets. She was abandoned by her parents and left to make her own way as best she could. Glyzelle broke down in tears as she asked: “Why is God allowing something like this to happen, even to innocent children? And why are there so few helping us?” Pope Francis, visibly moved, responded, “Only when we are able to cry are we able to come close to respond to your question. There are some realities that you can only see through eyes that are cleansed by tears.” Today's Gospel reading about people rushing to their homes to gather the sick and bring them to Jesus tells us that the question of suffering is one of the most challenging ones of any time to address. We see physical suffering, people with medical conditions and serious diseases carrying great pain. We know there are people suffering from depression, schizophrenia, and other mental disorders. And then there are people spiritually suffering - lost, without hope, in despair - no faith, no meaning to their lives. People suffer all around us. No doubt, we ourselves at times need to embrace the mystery of suffering. Perhaps the most difficult suffering of all is to lose someone, to have someone we love; a spouse, a parent, a sibling, a close friend, or God forbid, a daughter or a son die.  There are no easy answers to suffering. One can read every theology book in the world and still be left with the question of suffering. There is a famous Austrian poet, he is dead now, Rainer Marie Rilke, who said this: “Sometimes we can only live with the questions, stay with them, mull them over in our mind. Perhaps slowly, over time, we gradually live into the answers.”  The people living on the shores of the Sea of Galilee knew where to look in trying to understand the mystery of suffering. They looked to this simple, loving man from Nazareth. They learned from Jesus that God is in every place of pain and suffering. God is there. God is present. God has not abandoned the poor and pain-filled people of the world.  But it is important to remember that our faith is not only a Good Friday faith. Good Friday leads to Easter Sunday. It leads to resurrection, to Christ, overcoming the bonds of death and being raised up by his Father in the Spirit, to life eternal with God the Father in heaven. We live that hope. The funeral Mass prayer sums it up: “There's comes a time when every tear shall be wiped away and we shall see you, our God, as you are and become like you, and be with you, face to face.Peace and Blessings, Kevin MacDonald, C.Ss.R.

    Lunes de la V semana del Tiempo ordinario: 9 de Febrero (P. Manny Rodríguez Delgado, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2026 5:57


    Podcast: 9 de febrero 2026, Marcos 6: 53 – 56El Evangelio de hoy, 9 de febrero de 2026, nos muestra cómo, durante el ministerio público de Jesús, la gente enferma y necesitada lo buscaba sin descanso.Aparece una frase verdaderamente hermosa:“Le rogaban que los dejaran tocar siquiera el borde de su manto.”Y el Evangelio nos dice que, efectivamente, todos los que lo tocaban quedaban curados.Es impresionante notar que aquella gente no buscaba explicaciones teológicas, ni discursos doctrinales, ni milagros espectaculares, ni señales del cielo. Tampoco pedían audiencias privadas, ni tenían que pedir citas. Le llevaban su dolor, su sufrimiento, sus necesidades y sus esperanzas. Intuían que en Jesús había vida… y eso les bastaba.Hoy, nosotros, discípulos de Jesús, estamos llamados a continuar esa presencia suya en medio del mundo. En nuestros distintos ambientes —en el trabajo, en la escuela, en la familia, en la comunidad— también estamos llamados a llevar vida.Cuando enfrentamos una situación tensa, podemos llevar la paz de Jesús. Cuando consolamos a alguien que sufre, podemos ser un instrumento de su consuelo. Cuando escuchamos con paciencia, acompañamos con cariño o simplemente estamos presentes, hacemos visible a Cristo.Cada encuentro con una persona herida, cansada o necesitada puede convertirse en un pequeño milagro de cercanía.Que quien se encuentre con nosotros pueda irse un poco más aliviado, un poco más animado, un poco más en paz.Por eso hoy pidamos en oración:“Señor Jesús, haznos conscientes de que nuestra presencia puede ser un reflejo de la tuya. Que nuestras palabras, nuestros gestos y nuestra cercanía sean como ese manto que consuela, acompaña y comunica tu Vida a todos los que sufren.”Porque cuando dejamos que Jesús viva en nosotros, quienes nos tocan… también puedan encontrar sanación.

    V Domingo Ordinario: 8 de Febrero (P Tomás "Martín" Deely, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2026 5:19


    LA SAL Y LA LUZ DE JESUSJesús nos invita a mí y a cada uno de Uds. que oyen a que seamos sal y luz de la tierra…MUSICA…Hace ya son los cincuenta y tres años que yo oí esta hermosa música tratando sobre este evangelio de hoy…MAS MUSICA…La música fue compuesta por Vicente y Rosi Morales y sus trece niños de un pueblito pequeño de España. Que se llama Huelva…La música de Vicente y Rosi y las bellas voces fueron Sal y Luz de Cristo para Huelva y pueblitos de España y muchos países de Hispanoamérica…Rosi falleció el julio pasado. Pero Vicente vive todavía…El grupo de sus 13 hijos se llama BROTES DE OLIVO. Hoy día siguen cantando y trayendo la luz y la sal de Jesús a pueblos de España y otros países. Uno de los trece hijos de Vicente nos dice esto sobre su labor musical: “Al cabo de los años, hemos constatado con gozo, y liberados de la responsabilidad de la historia, que el Mensaje está siempre por encima del mensajero. Y que por su enorme riqueza nos mantiene en búsqueda tras del rastro de Dios. ”…..Ahora les invito oír un trozo de Rosi y Chito del Brotes de Olivo cantando Nada Nos Separará del Amor de de Dios:1.El que me sigue en la vidasal de la tierra serámas si la sal se adulteralos hombres la pisaránQUE SEA MI VIDA LA SALQUE SEA MI VIDA LA LUZSAL QUE SALA,LUZ QUESAL Y FUEGO ES JESUS2.Sois como la luz del mundoque a la ciudad alumbraesta se pone en la cimadonde el monte se encumbra.QUE SEA3.Que brille así vuestra vidaante los hombres del mundoque pasen las buenas obrasde lo externo a lo profundo QUE SEASi me quieren enviar un comentario:tdeely7352@hotmail.com

    Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time: February 8 (Br. Kenneth Stigner, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2026 3:14


    Sábado de la IV semana del tiempo ordinario: 7 de Febrero (P. Gustavo Arias, C.Ss.R.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2026 4:04


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