Heart of the Homily
Our Podcast revisits Sunday’s Gospel and homily by Fr Vigoa, digging deeper into it’s message and how we can take it from the pew into the rest of our week. Also enjoy Fr. Vigoa's daily homilies here that will call you deeper into discipleship with Christ and mission.
We hope “heart of the homily” podcast and homilies transforms how you pray, think, live and love this week.
Episodes
235 episodes
Homily | August 15, 2026 | The Assumption Proclaims That Your Body Is Destined For Heaven | (Episode 232)
The Assumption stands out as a rare solemnity, and we ask why the Church treats it as such a big deal. We trace the biblical story from the Ark of the Covenant to Revelation’s vision of the woman in heaven, then land on the promise of resurrect...
Homily | August 14, 2026 | Holiness Is Built By A Thousand Small Yeses | (Episode 231)
We trace the turning point that shapes Saint Maximilian Kolbe’s life, from a mother’s heartbreaking question to a child’s bold choice before Mary. His final sacrifice at Auschwitz makes sense only as the fruit of daily fidelity, the same commit...
Homily | August 13, 2026 | The Suitcase Of Resentment | (Episode 230)
We use a suitcase at the altar to show how sin and resentment turn into baggage we drag for years. We connect Ezekiel’s living sign to Jesus’ call to forgive, and we name the freedom that comes when mercy changes our hearts. • Ezekiel’...
Homily | August 12, 2026 | If God Looked At Your Life Where Would He Live | (Episode 229)
We sit with Ezekiel’s unsettling vision of God’s glory leaving the temple and ask how slow compromises can push God from the center of our lives. We then hear Jesus promise His presence where people gather in His name and learn how protecting c...
Homily | August 11, 2026 | God’s Word Must Change You Before You Speak It | (Episode 228)
God’s Word is not meant to sit on our shelf or stay in our head, but to be taken in until it changes how we live. We reflect on Ezekiel’s command to eat the scroll and on Saint Clare of Assisi as a portrait of humility, trust, and dependence on...
Podcast | What If The Storm Is The Meeting Place | (Episode 227)
We come back from summer break and open up Matthew’s walking on water story as a roadmap for what to do when life feels stormy and out of control. We land on one freeing truth: faithfulness does not remove the storm, but Jesus meets us in it an...
Homily | August 10, 2026 | If You Keep The Seed, You Never Get The Harvest | (Episode 226)
Jesus keeps contradicting the world’s instincts, and we explore why self-giving love is the real path to joy and freedom. We tell the story of Saint Lawrence to show what happens when you stop clinging to life and start sowing it.• Jesus’ “...
Homily | August 9, 2026 | What If The Storm Is The Meeting Place | (Episode 225)
We reflect on Jesus sending the disciples directly into the night storm and why hardship can meet us even when we’re doing God’s will. We follow the story all the way to Peter’s sinking prayer and the quiet challenge to recognize Christ’s prese...
Homily | Español | August 9, 2026 | How To Hear God In Silence When Life Feels Loud | (Episode 224)
We reflect on how God often speaks through a quiet whisper rather than dramatic signs, meeting us when we are tired, scared, and ready to give up. We also walk with the disciples through a storm and learn how fear can distort our vision until w...
Homily | August 8, 2026 | Faith When God Feels Silent | (Episode 223)
We name the prayer many of us are afraid to say out loud: “Lord, where are you?” We walk from Habakkuk’s protest to Jesus’ mustard seed promise and Saint Dominic’s example of preaching with holiness, truth, and steady trust. • Habakkuk...
Homily | August 7, 2026 | Real Life Begins When You Surrender | (Episode 222)
We face one of Jesus’ most shocking lines: the promise of a cross instead of comfort. We walk through why surrender is not self-hatred and how real freedom shows up when Christ becomes the center. • Jesus’ call to deny ourselves and fo...
Homily | August 6, 2026 | God Shows The Glory Before The Cross | (Episode 221)
We celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration by looking past the dazzling scene to the reason Jesus reveals his glory. We connect Mount Tabor to our own seasons of suffering and to the Eucharist, where Christ’s hidden glory meets us again.&nbs...
Homily | August 5, 2026 | You Do Not Earn God’s Love You Respond To It | (Episode 220)
God speaks a love that starts before we do, promising restoration even to hearts that feel exiled by suffering and disappointment. We sit with the Canaanite woman’s relentless faith and learn why persistence in prayer opens us to the mercy of C...
Homily | August 4, 2026 | How Saint John Vianney Turned Ordinary Life Into Extraordinary Love | (Episode 219)
We celebrate Saint John Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests, by tracing how God transforms a struggling seminarian into a humble shepherd who trusts mercy more than talent. The thread running through it all is surrender: God reveals the...
Homily | August 3, 2026 | Real Faith Begins When Self Trust Ends | (Episode 218)
False confidence can feel comforting, but it quietly pulls our trust away from God and onto wishful thinking. We contrast easy answers with real faith by looking at Jeremiah’s warning and Peter’s rescue on the water. • Jeremiah and...
Homily | Español | August 2, 2026 | When You Feel Empty And God Offers Abundance | (Episode 217)
We reflect on the ache of feeling like our resources are too small and the quiet promise that God’s generosity is bigger than our limits. We connect Isaiah’s invitation to free grace with the Gospel challenge to take responsibility and offer wh...
Homily | August 1, 2026 | Saint Alphonsus Liguori And The Courage To Confess | (Episode 216)
We reflect on Saint Alphonsus Liguori as a teacher for anyone weighed down by guilt, showing how God’s mercy meets us without denying the truth about sin. We contrast Herod’s love of spiritual “inspiration” with the real conversion the Gospel d...
Homily | July 31, 2026 | Saint Ignatius Of Loyola And The Desires That Last | (Episode 215)
We celebrate Saint Ignatius of Loyola by tracing how one wound and a few borrowed books taught him to discern which desires lead to lasting peace. We connect his conversion to the cost of truth in Jeremiah and Jesus, then end with a simple nigh...
Homily | July 30, 2026 | Holiness Means Letting God Start Again | (Episode 214)
We picture God as a potter who keeps reshaping what collapses, turning failures into a new beginning instead of a dead end. We connect Jeremiah’s clay, Peter’s setbacks, confession, and Jesus’ warning about judgment to ask one simple question: ...
Homily | July 29, 2026 | A Home Called Bethany | (Episode 213)
We reflect on the Church’s memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus and why it points us toward holiness lived in friendship and family. Bethany becomes our model for a Christian home where service, prayer, and witness make Jesus feel welco...
Homily | July 28, 2026 | God Loves You Enough To Tell The Truth | (Episode 212)
We push back on the comforting lie that God doesn’t care how we live, and we name why love always includes truth. We walk through the wheat and weeds parable, then land on humility, confession, and the promise that God wants to transform us to ...
Homily | July 27, 2026 | How Small Daily Faithfulness Transforms A Life | (Episode 211)
We challenge the lie that faith can stay private and distant without changing your life. Using Jeremiah’s rotted loincloth and Jesus’ mustard seed and yeast, we show how staying connected to Christ quietly transforms a heart over time.
Homily | July 26, 2026 | The Treasure That Reorders Everything | (Episode 210)
We share a powerful moment from Castel Gandolfo that lingers because of one line from the Holy Father: finding the Kingdom of God makes life larger, not smaller. We walk through the treasure and pearl parables to ask whether we have really disc...
Homily | Español | July 26, 2026 | Solomon’s Prayer And The Search For The Real Treasure | (Episode 209)
One prayer can reveal what kind of person you want to become. When God offers Solomon anything, he doesn’t reach for wealth, comfort, or power. He asks for “a listening heart” and that single choice reframes what wisdom really is: not loud cert...
Homily | July 25, 2026 | Saint James And The Camino Of Conversion | (Episode 208)
Saint James starts as ambitious and hot-headed, yet Jesus turns his hunger for greatness into a path of humble service and sacrificial love. We connect the Camino de Santiago to the Christian life as a real pilgrimage where fragile people say y...