The Good Word
Our priests and deacons break open God's Word each day at Mary, Queen of Peace in Mandeville, Louisiana. Listen and learn how you can relate the Gospel to your every day life!
Episodes
14 episodes
Grace Flows Freely
God's grace is not something we can earn through effort, faithfulness, or sacrifice. The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard reveals that grace flows freely from God's love, not from our merit. Like the landowner who paid every worker the sa...
Called to Community
Christianity offers something no other religion in the world does: a Savior and a community. The Church is not a building or a campus. It is the Body of Christ, a people called to walk together toward salvation. As members of this body, we have...
Which Path Will You Choose?
Following Jesus was never meant to be easy, and He made that clear when He rebuked Peter at Caesarea Philippi. After Peter boldly declared Jesus to be the Messiah, he turned around and urged Jesus to avoid the cross, essentially offering Him th...
Who Do You Say That Jesus Is?
There is one question Jesus asked His disciples that cuts through every distraction and opinion, and He is still asking it today: 'Who do you say that I am?' Peter answered boldly, confessing Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the living God, and ...
Unexpected Responses
Two Gospel stories placed side by side reveal a striking contrast about the nature of faith. Peter, one of Jesus' closest disciples with every spiritual advantage, doubted when the storm grew fierce. A Canaanite woman, an outsider with no such ...
Remaining Focused on Jesus
It is easy to let the noise of everyday life pull our attention away from Jesus, but faith calls us to keep Him at the center of everything. The story of Peter walking on water shows us what happens when we shift our focus from Christ to our fe...
Not Just Provide But Multiply
God provides in ways we often least expect, even in the smallest details of our lives. The miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fish, the only miracle recorded in all four Gospels, is far more than a story about feeding a crowd. It i...
God Provides Abundantly
The kingdom of heaven is not a distant future reality. It is already present, active, and available to us right now. Jesus uses the parables of the hidden treasure and the pearl of great price to show us that the kingdom is worth more tha...
Planning Your Spiritual Life
Jesus's parable of the wheat and weeds invites us to take an honest look at what is growing in our own hearts. Just as weeds in a garden choke out healthy plants, vices like lust, anger, resentment, and greed quietly strangle the spiritual grow...
For the Glory of God
As America approaches its 250th anniversary, it is worth reflecting on the biblical foundation upon which this nation was built. From the wooden cross planted at Cape Henry in 1607 to George Washington's first presidential address, the evidence...
True Christian Hospitality
True Christian hospitality is far more than polite greetings or dinner parties. Rooted in Scripture and modeled by saints like Benedict, it means genuinely opening the door of your heart to another person. From Abraham welcoming strangers to th...
Seen, Known, Loved
Fear has a way of taking hold before we even realize it, but Jesus offers a powerful reminder: you are seen, you are known, and you are deeply loved. Using the image of a sparrow, one of the most common and overlooked birds in the world, Jesus ...