Podcasts about Ordinary Time

Friends, George Harrison once sang, “All things must pass; all things must pass away.” Almost every major religious figure and philosopher the world over has intuited this great truth about our world. It's good, and there are good things in it—a beautiful sunset, an enjoyable meal, a great conversation—but they don't last. With that in mind, let's turn to our readings for this Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, which are about the theme of detachment.

The St. Paul Center's daily scripture reflections from the Mass for Tuesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time by Dr. Shane Owens. Martha, Disciple of the Lord Obligatory Memorial First Reading: Exodus 33: 7-11; 34: 5b-9, 28 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 103: 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13 Alleluia: John 8: 12 Gospel: John 11: 19-27 or Luke 10: 38-42   Learn more about the Mass at www.stpaulcenter.com

“What are you storing things up for?” In this week's Alive reflection for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Fr. Jonathan Meyer challenges us to take a closer look at our attachment to material and spiritual possessions—through the lens of Luke 12:13–21.   Drawing inspiration from the quiet witness of Fr. Hallowell and the parable of the rich fool, Fr. Meyer invites us to ask:

The Revd Catherine Williams leads a service of Evening Prayer for Tuesday during Ordinary Time. St Martin's Voices. Find the service and join in via the free Daily Prayer app or online via the Church of England website: www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-in-daily-prayer/evening-prayer-contemporary-tuesday-29-july-2025

The St. Paul Center's daily scripture reflections from the Mass for Tuesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time by Dr. Shane Owens. Martha, Disciple of the Lord Obligatory Memorial First Reading: Exodus 33: 7-11; 34: 5b-9, 28 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 103: 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13 Alleluia: John 8: 12 Gospel: John 11: 19-27 or Luke 10: 38-42   Learn more about the Mass at www.stpaulcenter.com

Read the scriptures for Wedensday of Week Seventeen in Ordinary Time at this link.

Psalm 18Reading 1: 2 Corinthians 10,11Reading 2: From a catechetical instruction by St. Cyril of Jerusalem, bishopSt. Helena Ministries is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit. Your donations may be tax-deductibleSupport us at: sthelenaministries.com/supportPresentation of the Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) from The Liturgy of the Hours (Four Volumes) © 1975, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. The texts of Biblical readings are reproduced from the New American Bible © 1975

Psalm 36Canticle: Judith 16Psalm 47Reading: Tobit 4Intercessions: Lord, help your brothers to grow in holiness.St. Helena Ministries is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit. Your donations may be tax-deductibleSupport us at: sthelenaministries.com/supportPresentation of the Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) from The Liturgy of the Hours (Four Volumes) © 1975, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. The texts of Biblical readings are reproduced from the New American Bible © 1975

The St. Paul Center's daily scripture reflections from the Mass for Monday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time by Dr. Jeffrey Morrow. Ordinary Weekday First Reading: Exodus 32: 15-24, 30-34 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 106: 19-20, 21-22, 23 Alleluia: James 1: 18 Gospel: Matthew 13: 31-35   Learn more about the Mass at www.stpaulcenter.com

Father tells us that we have to think of our own holiness first, then our children and only then with the grandchildren.

Gospel Matthew 13:31-35 Jesus proposed a parable to the crowds. “The Kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in a field. It is the smallest of all the seeds, yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants. It becomes a large bush, and the birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches.” He spoke to them another parable. “The Kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch was leavened.” All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables. He spoke to them only in parables, to fulfill what had been said through the prophet: I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has lain hidden from the foundation of the world. Reflection This week we'll be delving into a topic that seems very important to me. It's called the Kingdom of Heaven. The Kingdom of God. We're taught that it is both here and still coming. It really is a way of imagining that the plan of God, is that we will all evolve away from evil and into a greater connection, and a more powerful union with the divine. So here we have two images that help us understand how this all works. And the first and the second, both seem to imply that there's something that is seemingly little, that makes a major difference and grows into something major. What it's talking about is, how is the kingdom of God going to come about? It's going to come about because people have understood who God is and allow God to work through them, healing the world around them. It seems so small compared to the transformation of the known world. But what Jesus is trying to say is the tiniest thing the yeast, the tiny seed, when it's infused with divinity, produces an abundant, abundant harvest. Closing Prayer Father, awaken our imaginations. Awaken our thoughts so that we can find the message that is so important that you have shared with us. Give us the grace to understand. And we ask this in Jesus' name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is there a false god of emotional need in your life?

Deacon Jim's homily on the Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time.

Join Father Kevin Drew as he preaches on this Monday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time. Today's readings First Reading: Exodus 32:15-24, 30-34 Psalm: Psalm Psalm 106:19-20, 21-22, 23 Gospel: Matthew 13:31-35 Catholic Radio Network

July 27, 2025. 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God always answers our prayers, "Yes," and gives us something better - the answer to our deepest desire, which ultimately is Him.

Give us your Spirit, Lord.

Homily given at the 9:00 a.m. Mass on Sunday, July 27, 2025, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Ed Fride, Christ the King Catholic Church. Gospel reading LK 2:22-40.

The Revd Catherine Williams leads a service of Evening Prayer for Monday during Ordinary Time. St Martin's Voices. Find the service and join in via the free Daily Prayer app or online via the Church of England website: www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-in-daily-prayer/evening-prayer-contemporary-monday-28-july-2025

The Revd Catherine Williams leads a service of Morning Prayer for Tuesday during Ordinary Time. With music from St Martin's Voices. Find the service and join in via the free Daily Prayer app or online via the Church of England website: www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-in-daily-prayer/morning-prayer-contemporary-tuesday-29-july-2025

ROSARY - JOYFUL MYSTERIES today.  DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET for Monday.

The St. Paul Center's daily scripture reflections from the Mass for Monday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time by Dr. Jeffrey Morrow. Ordinary Weekday First Reading: Exodus 32: 15-24, 30-34 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 106: 19-20, 21-22, 23 Alleluia: James 1: 18 Gospel: Matthew 13: 31-35   Learn more about the Mass at www.stpaulcenter.com

The Revd Catherine Williams leads a short service of Prayer During the Day for Tuesday during Ordinary Time. With music from St Martin's Voices. Find the service and join in via the free Time to Pray app or online via the Church of England website: www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-in-daily-prayer/prayer-during-day-contemporary-tuesday-29-july-2025

The Revd Catherine Williams leads a short service of Night Prayer for Monday during Ordinary Time. With music from St Martin's Voices. Find the service and join in via the free Time to Pray app or online via the Church of England website: www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-in-daily-prayer/night-prayer-contemporary-monday-28-july-2025

The Mustard Seed and Yeast!

28 July 2025

Fr. Ken reflects on the power of prayer—not as a way to change God's mind, but to transform our hearts. Drawing from Abraham's intercession, Jesus' teaching on the Lord's Prayer, and St. Paul's reminder of our identity in Christ, we are encouraged to pray with humility, persistence, and trust. Even when God seems silent, He is present, working in love and mercy. Let us ask, seek, and knock, confident that God listens and provides in His perfect timing.

Fr. John Christian's Homily for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2025, Readings: Genesis 18:20-32, Psalm 138, Colossians 2:12-14, Luke 11:1-13, Intro/Outro music from "by Daylight" from www.epidemicsound.com

O Lord, our God, unwearied is your love for us.St. Helena Ministries is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit. Your donations may be tax-deductibleSupport us at: sthelenaministries.com/supportPresentation of the Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) from The Liturgy of the Hours (Four Volumes) © 1975, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. The texts of Biblical readings are reproduced from the New American Bible © 1975

Psalm 11Psalm 15Canticle: Ephesians 1Reading: Colossians 1Intercessions: Lord, bless your people.sthelenaministries.com/supportSt. Helena Ministries is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit. Your donations may be tax-deductibleSupport us at: sthelenaministries.com/supportPresentation of the Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) from The Liturgy of the Hours (Four Volumes) © 1975, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. The texts of Biblical readings are reproduced from the New American Bible © 1975

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Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The 4 "p's" of prayer

This week's scripture:Psalm 138Luke 11v1-13This week Adam looks at this section of Luke where Jesus teaches the disciples to pray and asks, what is your relationship with prayer? What is it that God desires to give us? 

The mustard seed and the yeast - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today's readings.How do these parables resonate with your own journey of faith? What were those small beginnings like? How did you grow from there? How is the Lord calling you to grow his kingdom where you are at right now?

Sermon by Dcn. Robert Polen7th Sunday of Ordinary Time

Music from the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Permission to podcast / stream the music in this service obtained from One License #706462-A, and CCLI licenses #11534746 and #CSPL176036.

The Revd Catherine Williams leads a service of Evening Prayer for Sunday during Ordinary Time. St Martin's Voices. Find the service and join in via the free Daily Prayer app or online via the Church of England website: www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-in-daily-prayer/evening-prayer-contemporary-sunday-27-july-2025

The Revd Catherine Williams leads a service of Morning Prayer for Monday during Ordinary Time. With music from St Martin's Voices. Find the service and join in via the free Daily Prayer app or online via the Church of England website: www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-in-daily-prayer/morning-prayer-contemporary-monday-28-july-2025

ROSARY - GLORIOUS MYSTERIES today.  DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET for Sunday.

The Revd Catherine Williams leads a short service of Night Prayer for Sunday during Ordinary Time. With music from St Martin's Voices. Find the service and join in via the free Time to Pray app or online via the Church of England website: www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-in-daily-prayer/night-prayer-contemporary-sunday-27-july-2025

The Revd Catherine Williams leads a short service of Prayer During the Day for Monday during Ordinary Time. With music from St Martin's Voices. Find the service and join in via the free Time to Pray app or online via the Church of England website: www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-in-daily-prayer/prayer-during-day-contemporary-monday-28-july-2025

Prayer is personal, persistent and communal!

Homily for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, year C - July 27, 2025 Readings for the Mass: bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072725.cfm

Homily for Sunday, July 27, 2025 - 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Homily, Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Fr. Roger Cooney

Our fathers made a calf in Horeb and adored a molten image; They exchanged their glory for the image of a grass-eating bullock. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew (Mt 13:31-35, today's readings).Jesus proposed a parable to the crowds. “The Kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in a field. It is the smallest of all the seeds, yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants. It becomes a large bush, and the birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches.”Jesus speaks to the crowd in parables about the kingdom of heaven to fulfill what has been said through the prophets. Jesus says, quoting Psalm 78, "I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has lain hidden from the foundation of the world." What is hidden in plain sight, Jesus reveals to the people through parables that point to the mystery of God's kingdom: the smallest of seeds grows into a large dwelling for birds; a small measure of yeast leavens an entire basket of wheat flour. In the parables, Jesus relates real-world glimpses to reveal the spiritual reality of the kingdom of heaven. Here, we can rest in its branches and grow with Christ to one day see its fulfillment. God, help me trust that the smallest of seeds that grows to its utmost under your care is to abandon my will to yours. The kingdom of heaven, already here and yet to be, is your gift to receive, where what you have revealed from the beginning of time is brought into sight through childlike faith. Matthew says that Jesus spoke to the disciples only in parables. Give me the grace to understand that the mystery of the kingdom is contained in the real presence of the Eucharist as I take it in and let it grow and become more a manifestation of Christ every time I receive it.Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Homily from the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The battle of prayer. Every one of us knows that we ought to pray. But not all of us know how. In addition, not all of us know that prayer can often be a challenge...it is a battle. Mass Readings from July 27, 2025: Genesis 18:20-32 Psalm 138:1-3, 6-8Colossians 2:12-14 Luke 11:1-13

The St. Paul Center's daily scripture reflections from the Mass for Saturday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time by Mr. Clement Harrold. Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Virgin Mary Obligatory Memorial First Reading: Exodus 24: 3-8 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 50: 1b-2, 5-6, 14-15 Alleluia: James 1: 21bc Gospel: Matthew 13: 24-30   Learn more about the Mass at www.stpaulcenter.com

How are we supposed to gain from prayer? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today's readings.How is the Lord inviting you to renew your prayer, based on the Our Father? What fruits of prayer have you observed in seasons of perseverance? What are some of the elements that are comprised in the Father's will for you?

OCIA Director Matt Gray, reflects on the readings for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time