Spokane Cathedral

ACA Appeal – 2018

Brian Kraut, Director of the Diocesan Office of Evangelization, briefly shares about how the ministries supported by the Annual Catholic Appeal has changed across in Eastern Washington.

Recorded live at the end of the 9 a.m. Mass on Sunday, September 30, 2018

ACA Homily: To Proclaim Life in the Midst of Devastation

A homily for the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B), by Father Kyle Ratuiste: The world needs the message of the Gospel now more than ever. By donating to the Annual Catholic Appeal, we participate in the Church’s crucial task to proclaim Christ to a hurting world.

Recorded live at the 9 a.m. Mass on Sunday, September 30, 2018

The Universal Call to Holiness

A homily for the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B), by Father Darrin Connall: We are called to be saints regardless of our state in life.

Recorded live at the 11 a.m. Mass on Sunday, September 23, 2018

The Counter-Cultural Witness of Dying to Self

A homily for the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B), by Father Kyle Ratuiste: The key to life is not prideful self-reliance but rather dying to self and surrendering the entirety of our lives to God. This is truly counter-cultural, but the life we pursue does not come from ourselves but from God himself.

Recorded live at the 9 a.m. Mass on Sunday, September 16, 2018

Stewardship Sunday Homily: “Wasting is a Sin with a Capital S”

A homily for the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B), by Father Darrin Connall: Stewardship begins with the recognition that the ordinary things of life are blessings freely given to us by our loving God. Do we waste these gifts from God, or do we use them wisely?

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

The Choice to Stay with Christ

A homily for the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B), by Deacon Jim Kestell: Jesus’ uncompromising commitment to the full truth of the Eucharist highlights the fact the we constantly face choices either to remain faithful to God’s plan in the moment or to stray.

Recorded live at the 9 a.m. Mass on Sunday, August 26, 2018

Entering into Communion with Christ

A homily for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B), by Father Darrin Connall: Our Lord makes it clear with graphic language that he means it literally for us to eat his flesh and drink his blood. Worthy reception of Holy Communion is an important part of uniting ourselves with Christ and growing in holiness.

Recorded live at the 11 a.m. Mass on Sunday, August 19, 2018

Understanding the Eucharist: Transubstantiation

 

A homily for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B): Father Darrin Connall explains the philosophical concepts of accident and substance that inform the Catholic term transubstantiation, which helps us to understand how bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ.

Recorded live at the 9 a.m. Mass on Sunday, August 12, 2018

What are We Looking for at Mass?

A homily for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B), by Father Kyle Ratuiste: When the crowds came to Jesus desiring earthly food, he challenges them to consider what they are looking for and exhorts them to work for lasting, spiritual nourishment. Similarly, we can ask ourselves, “What are we looking for whenever we come to Mass?”

Recorded live at the 9 a.m. Mass on Sunday, August 5, 2018

God Fills Us with the Eucharist

A homily for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B), by Father Darrin Connall: In Chapter 6 of his gospel, St. John explains what the Mass and Eucharist means. The multiplication of the loaves and fishes shows us that God feeds our deepest spiritual hungers through the Eucharist.

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