Spokane Cathedral

Re-examining Our Catholic Family Tree at Pentecost

A homily for Pentecost, by Father Darrin Connall: Pentecost is a prime opportunity to get back to our roots and examine our Catholic family tree. Doing so, we find how the Church has produced great saints and spread across the globe while weathering persecution and the sinfulness of its own members. All of this is possible by the supernatural effects of the Holy Spirit, given to the Church at Pentecost.

Recorded live at the 11 a.m. Mass on Sunday, May 20, 2018

Bishop Daly’s Confirmation Address 2018

Bishop Daly addresses the candidates to receive Confirmation and First Holy Communion.

Recorded live at the 9 a.m. Mass on Sunday, May 20, 2018

Mothers and Mother Church

A homily for the Ascension (Year B) [and Mother’s Day], by Father Kyle Ratuiste: Though Jesus physically departed this world at the Ascension, he left us a means to encounter his life: Holy Mother Church. Reflecting on the blessings we have received from the gift of our mothers can help us more deeply appreciate what it means to be nourished and receive life as members of the Church established by Christ.

Recorded live at the 11 a.m. Mass on Sunday, May 13, 2018

Remaining in God’s Unconditional Love

A homily for the Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year B), by Father David Kruse: God gives his love to us unconditionally, but there are ways in which we can refuse to remain in it and benefit from his blessings – either by rejecting his love or clinging to it selfishly. God calls us to be in a communion of love with God and one another.

Recorded live at the 11 a.m. Mass on Sunday, May 6, 2018

Spiritual Pruning to Build up the Church

A homily for the Fifth Sunday of Easter (Year B), by Father Darrin Connall: Just as the branches of a grapevine must be pruned to produce a rich harvest of grapes, so must we prune away those things that do not build up the Church. We rely on the “tools” of the sacraments and seek to be united to Jesus, the vine from whom we draw life and bear fruit.

Recorded live at the 11 a.m. Mass on Sunday, April 29, 2018

Celibacy as Witness to the Resurrection

A homily for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations (Fourth Sunday of Easter), by Father Kyle Ratuiste: It is only in the light of the Resurrection that the witness of celibacy found in the priesthood and consecrated life makes sense, because the lives of these men and women point to our heavenly destiny where God is the fulfillment of all our desires.

Recorded live at the 5:30 p.m. Mass on Sunday April 22, 2018

Sent on Mission

A homily for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations (Fourth Sunday of Easter), by Father David Kruse: God forms his Church and sends it into the world to proclaim the Good News. Those called to ordained ministry and consecrated life uniquely embody this mission.

Recorded live at the 9 a.m. Mass on Sunday April 22, 2018

The True Power of Easter Faith

A homily for the Third Sunday of Easter, by Father Darrin Connall: Easter faith radically lived is always earthshaking and threatening to those in power.

Recorded live at the 9 a.m. Mass on Sunday, April 15, 2018

Thomas’ Twin

A homily for the Second Sunday of Easter, by Father Darrin Connall: The Apostle Saint Thomas is noted in Scripture as a twin, but his twin is unnamed. This invites us to put ourselves in the position of Thomas’s twin to encounter and benefit from the events of Jesus’ Passion and Resurrection.

Recorded live at the 9 a.m. Mass on Sunday, April 8, 2018.

Fools for Christ

A homily for Easter Sunday, by Father Darrin Connall: The Resurrection faith of Christians can be seen as foolishness in the eyes of the world, but worldly wisdom cannot answer our most pressing and existential questions. Instead, it is precisely by allowing ourselves to be “fools for Christ” that we can encounter the understanding and purpose only God can provide.

Recorded live at the 11 a.m. Mass on Sunday, April 1, 2018