Fr. Gale Hammerschmidt is a priest for the Salina Diocese and currently serving as the Chaplain for St. Isidore's Catholic Student Center at Kansas State University.
These are days to seek reconciliation and not separation.
These are trying times. Times have always been trying. If we allow unity to rise, as we seek goodness truth and beauty, a grace filled people will overcome.
Reflecting on the word of Jesus, “unless you eat of my flesh and drink of my blood you do not have life within you” during these Pandemic days.
One thing rises above the rest statistics say in regards to keeping friends and family connected to the faith.
Sorry we haven’t added to the podcast in a while. Since we have been live streaming everything I have not been recording much lately. Here is a talk I gave on Dorothy Day last week.
In uncertain times we are forced to face our fears and to examine our faith.
These are strange days, but we trust the God will continually open our eyes and lead us into the light.
In my 47 years, I have never seen anything quite like this past week. I was blessed to be able to spend these days on a mission trip in Denver, CO with people on the streets and an organization called Christ in the City. This homily includes a few reflections from my time on mission and a few reflections on how now to walk in the midst of an uncertain future. For those of you who were unable to make it to Mass this weekend, for whatever reason, I hope this homily is beneficial.
If we only see what we see then we rarely see as we should.
This homily is coming to you from the small town of Clyde, KS. Preparing for a parish Lenten mission and trying to excite people enough to want to come.
It has been three weeks since the super bowl and I can’t stop thinking about that one commercial.
One time a priest walked into a liquor store... Change the culture of a room. Change the culture of a society.
Of all the inspirational lines ever spoken, only one can truly satisfy.
If Patrick Mahomes were to walk into your church today, and you were the only one to see him, what would you do?
This is a homily based upon the incredible remarks made by Helen Alvaré at the SLS conference in Phoenix. Do you live with a Catholic world view?
My best homily of the Decade. You are simply more attractive when you display holiness.
A homily about an incredibly fine idea. Also happens to be my homily from Christmas Eve.
Did John the Baptist have doubts? What would this mean for all of us?
Why do so many people love Hallmark movies? Perhaps a message of hope continues to hold a place in this world.
We can learn a thing or two from The Lion King.
At the heart of a vocation is personal lifelong conversion.
Whenever we become too confident — we become too confident.
World Mission Sunday. How do we know the way in which we are called to live mission?
Fr. Kaupan and Fr. Rother show us what it looks like to lay down one’s life for others.
It was a pleasure to preach to students from both Oklahoma State and Kansas State.
Would you say there are more things that you do know or don’t know?
Unless you hate? Seems a bit harsh. How to understand these words of Jesus.
Sometimes you have to take a chance when it comes to the most important things in life.
It is amazing what can be learned by those younger than us.
“I have a long sense come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and only church their actions.” Dorothy Day
There are basically two types of people. Those who will share the gospel and those who won’t. Into which camp do you fall?
Sometimes we get so caught up in the “what” of the Eucharist that we forget the “why” of the Eucharist.
Well it may have gone beyond the predicted 13 minute mark— but not by too much. Enjoy a trivia contest, history lesson, a story, and an assignment.
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