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Homily Rewind | "Pockets Full of Prayers" — 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time | Fr. Terry Keehan

The harvest is abundant. The workers are needed. Jesus says it plainly in Matthew 9 — and then commissions the Twelve to cure, raise up, cleanse, and confront. Fr. Terry Keehan brings that commission to life with two stories from this week at Holy Family. Dawn Mayer made a blanket with pockets filled with prayers from staff and parishioners, and they placed it over Kurt Canooth — a founding parishioner fighting for his life in the ICU at Condell Hospital. And in the same week, Holy Family presented a $127,257.25 check to Catholic Extension Society for Immaculate Conception Church and school in Puerto Rico, a community twice devastated by natural disaster and now being raised up. The kingdom is at hand. Right here. And it didn't cost God a thing to plant it in us. Holy Family Parish | Inverness, IL | holyfamilyparish.org/podcasts

WWW | "Moved Heart" — 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time | Fr. Terry Keehan

We're back in Ordinary Time — the green season, the season of everyday life. And the readings this week carry a quiet but urgent question: when was the last time your heart was truly moved? Fr. Terry Keehan walks through Matthew 9's harvest image — an abundant spiritual harvest with not enough workers to bring it in — and connects it to our call as disciples today. Drawing from Exodus 19, Romans 5, and the Gospel of Matthew, this episode reflects on reconciliation, the mission Jesus gave the Twelve, and the gift of the Eucharist that costs us nothing except our full attention. Holy Family Parish | Inverness, IL | holyfamilyparish.org/podcasts

Homily Rewind | "Something Real" — Corpus Christi | Fr. Terry Keehan

Jesus said it plainly: my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. But what does "real" actually mean? Fr. Terry Keehan works through exactly that on the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ — the third of three major feasts the Church gives us after Easter. What makes the Eucharist real? It's shared. It's physical and spiritual. It brings unity. It's connected to our identity. It's living, from heaven, and lasting. And at the end of every Mass, we say it: may the body and blood of Christ bring us to everlasting life. Because ritual makes things real. Holy Family Parish | Inverness, IL | holyfamilyparish.org/podcasts

IAV | "Become What You Eat" — Corpus Christi | Dawn Mayer

Six-month-old McKinley just tasted solid food for the first time. The look on her face said it all — what is this, and what do you want me to do with it? Dawn Mayer says the disciples hearing Jesus say "eat my flesh, drink my blood" probably had the same reaction. But Eucharist is something you grow into. On the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, Dawn reflects on the difference between eating and dining, the four processions at every Mass that remind us we're a people on a journey, and what it means to truly become what we receive. The body of Christ isn't just the host. It's the assembly. It's what we carry out the door. Holy Family Parish | Inverness, IL | holyfamilyparish.org/podcasts

WWW | "How to Carry the Resurrection" — Corpus Christi | Fr. Terry Keehan

Three great feasts in a row — Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, and now the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. Fr. Terry Keehan says the Church isn't being random. These feasts are a deliberate guide for doing two things: becoming more committed disciples and living out the resurrection. Drawing from Deuteronomy 8, 1 Corinthians 10, and John 6's Bread of Life discourse, this episode explores what it truly means to participate in the Eucharist — and why the Body and Blood of Christ is called "true food" and "true drink." Real. From heaven. Lasting. And meant to be shared. Holy Family Parish | Inverness, IL | holyfamilyparish.org/podcasts [www.holyfamilyparish.org/podcasts]