Fr Longenecker's Podcasts

The Introductory session of my twenty part series on the history of the Catholic Church. This session opens with a discussion of […]

The Resurrection explodes into human history taking us into a new dimension of reality. The homily from Our Lady of the Rosary for the third Sunday of Easter is here as a podcast.

Today’s gospel takes us one step nearer to the drama of Holy Week. Jesus realizes that his hour has come and he teaches us that only as a grain of wheat dies can new life spring forth.  

The homily from Our Lady of the Rosary Greenville for Lent 3 focusses on the sin of false religion. That’s why Jesus cleansed the temple–not just because they were making money and selling stuff, but because they had turned his Father’s house into a den of thieves–in other words, they turned the worship of God into […]

Ever wondered why St Peter said to the Lord at the Transfiguration, “Let’s build three tents!” You’ll hear the explanation in my homily podcast for the Second Sunday in Lent: You can subscribe to my weekly homilies free of charge at iTunes here.

My homily for the first Sunday in Lent draws attention to Jesus as a warrior engaged in conflict, pulls out extra meaning locked in Mark’s gospel and identifies how we can best connect and join in the life of Christ. Remember you can sign up to receive my podcasts automatically from iTunes. Go here.

My homily for the Fifth Week of Ordinary Time focuses on how Jesus heals us in body, mind and spirit.

At the beginning of Mark’s gospel Jesus astounds his hearers in the synagogue by preaching with cosmic authority and taking domination over a demonic spirit.

You can listen here to my homily from this weekend. This was preached at St John of the Cross, Vero Beach, FL as part of their parish mission.

As I develop the podcast dimension of the new blog-website there will be some podcasts available free of charge, and some podcast series that will be reserved for the Donor-Subscribers. Each week my homily from Our Lady of the Rosary will be available here as a podcast. I hope you benefit from them and feel free […]

You may have heard of my latest book project called The Mystery of the Magi- the Quest to Identify the Three Wise Men. I’m really excited by this book. It has been so interesting to investigate the historicity of the Magi story. One of the reasons the book has been so exciting to produce is because it […]

My homilies from Our Lady of the Rosary are now being recorded and are accessible on the website here. Here is my homily for the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time. It outlines the different levels of meaning packed into John’s account of the wedding at Cana in Galilee. There is a theological, ecclesiological and liturgical meaning. […]