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Cari quizzes Joe on how well he knows the last words of the saints and they discuss the beauty of their last words and how we can learn from and pray with them.    Come, follow us: Parish Website  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  YouTube  |  Spotify Music

Fr. Ryan shares his heart about priesthood and thanks to the community of St. Basil the Great for the way they support their priests and seminarians.  On Priesthood Sunday, he reflects on the joys of being a priest and encourages the community to continue to support and encourage the vocation to priesthood in our parish.    Come, follow us: Parish Website  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  YouTube  |  Spotify Music

Fr. Ryan shares with us about Pope Saint John Paul II, one of his personal heroes in the faith.  Through his writings and teachings, Fr. Ryan guides us to some prayer opportunities inspired by John Paul II for his feast day.    Come, follow us: Parish Website  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  YouTube  |  Spotify Music

God wanted you in this world for a reason and he created you for a purpose.  You have inherit dignity and intrinsic value just for being you, not in any of the things you do, but because you have been created by God.    Come, follow us: Parish Website  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  YouTube  |  Spotify Music

In honor of pregnancy and infant loss awareness month, Fr. Ryan sits down with John and Cari who's daughter Eleanor was stillborn.  Through the grief and the pain, John and Cari share what helped them through that time, some of the fruits of their prayer, and to walk with someone through pregnancy and infant loss.    Come, follow us: Parish Website  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  YouTube  |  Spotify Music

When our heart flutters, our desires are awakened, and as trivial as they may seem, the Lord wants to know about our desires.  He wants us to share with Him those things that awaken our hearts, and wants to be the person that awakens our heart and leads us to desire more for our lives.      Come, follow us: Parish Website  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  YouTube  |  Spotify Music

Life Teen seniors Jacob and Emily share with their peers different forms of prayer that have been meaningful in their own lives.  Looking at lectio divina, praying with images and music, and more, they share some of the fruits of that prayer in their lives, and encourage others in their prayer life with the Lord.     Come, follow us: Parish Website  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  YouTube  |  Spotify Music

This Sunday we hear the parable of the landowner and wicked tenants.  In this parable, Jesus is teaching us that all that the Father has given us is a gift that has been entrusted to us.  It is not mine to keep, but a gift to be given and shared.     Come, follow us: Parish Website  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  YouTube  |  Spotify Music

In this talk to OCIA, Fr. Ryan dives into the questions surrounding what it means to be human.  Why are we created the way we are, with our likes and dislikes, with our different quirks?  What are we looking for? And where do our desires come from?    Come, follow us: Parish Website  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  YouTube  |  Spotify Music

As the laity, we are called to go out of the Church to Brecksville to bring Jesus to all of the places that we encounter others.  Jesus isn't meant to stay in the Church building, but rather come with us in all that we do.     Come, follow us: Parish Website  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  YouTube  |  Spotify Music

Fr. Ryan is joined with seminarians from our parish, Ike and Dylan, as they share some of the fruits from the propaedeutic year of seminary.    Listen to last year's episode: https://basilthegreat.podbean.com/e/563-meet-our-seminarians-fr-ryan-ike-dawson-and-dylan-ennis/    Come, follow us: Parish Website  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  YouTube  |  Spotify Music

Our bodies are an integral part of our humanity.  It is our body that stops to consider the beauty of the fall trees, smell a burning candle, feel the warmth of a hoodie.  Our culture can teach us to despise our bodies, but Jesus wants us to use our bodies to become fully alive and to glorify Him.    Come, follow us: Parish Website  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  YouTube  |  Spotify Music

Fr. Ryan walks us through the meaning of forgiveness and how to forgive like Jesus does.  Even the small steps toward forgiveness that we take are important to our Heavenly Father.    Come, follow us: Parish Website  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  YouTube  |  Spotify Music

When we need to confront someone, Jesus teaches us the art of fraternal correction.  Not going to Facebook, people at our gym, or turning to gossip, but rather in taking steps to tell the person how we feel we have been wronged and having a conversation with them about it.    Come, follow us: Parish Website  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  YouTube  |  Spotify Music

Fr. Ryan and Randi sit down to talk about burn out and give some practical tips and ideas on how to avoid and overcome burn out.   Come, follow us: Parish Website  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  YouTube  |  Spotify Music