Fr. Pierre Ingram's Podcasts

Fr. Ingram describes the coming of Jesus as the greatest search and rescue mission of all time in this homily from Our Lady of Good Counsel Church. Fr. Pierre asks, "What are we willing to do this coming week to share this gospel of salvation?"

Fr. Pierre preached at all of the masses at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church this past weekend. In this homily from the 5 PM Mass, Fr. Pierre discusses the missionary nature of the church and encourages the congregants to look for the Bartimaeuses in their own lives that they might lead to an encounter with Jesus.    30th SUNDAY YEAR B A strange thing happens in the gospel today: people who are already with Jesus, who are following Him on the road, try to prevent someone new from meeting Jesus. Maybe they feel this blind man is bothering them with his shouting, or bothering Jesus. But isn't this a strange attitude? This is not a crowd of skeptics or unbelievers. They may not all be disciples, in the fully committed sense of the word, but they're all at least interested in the Person of Jesus, and what He is saying about the Kingdom of God. Many of them, no doubt, have directly benefited from His ministry of teaching, healing, casting out demons. Why would they not want these blessings to be sha

Fr. Pierre Ingram preached at all of the masses at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church this past weekend. In this homily from the 5 PM Mass, Fr. Pierre discusses the great cost of Jesus's personal investment in our salvation. NOTES: This is not a typical miracle story. How Jesus heals is unusual, and how people respond to the healing is not what Jesus wanted them to do. Notice first of all that what Jesus does for this deaf-mute person differs from what people requested or anticipated. Initially, what the man's friends and neighbors ask Jesus to do is to "lay his hand" on the man. No doubt they wanted to see a quick, dramatic healing, right there in front of their eyes. But Jesus doesn't follow their script. He has his own agenda. He takes the man aside for a private but intense encounter. The evangelist describes it vividly as a series of more earthy gestures than we're used to from Jesus: putting his fingers in his ears and on his tongue, spitting, looking up to heaven, groaning, speaking a memorable word in A

Fr. Pierre preached at all of the masses at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church this past weekend. In this homily from the 5 PM Mass, Fr. Pierre discusses what is needed to be a disciple of Jesus. All that is needed to spread the gospel message is to be called and sent by Jesus Christ. The messenger is far less important than the message. ---------------------------------------------- 15th SUNDAY YEAR B "Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out." I'm struck by the word used to indicate how Jesus made his first apostles, the verb "summoned." That's a very authoritative word, a strong word, a word that puts Jesus completely in charge of this mission. He's not having a dialogue or a consultation with them! Jesus has a word to deliver, he's got power to deliver, and he chooses the ones who will deliver them exactly as He wishes. The word send is a strong, authoritative word too. It means that they're going to be his representatives. His authority will be behind everything they say and do. There's another

Fr. Pierre preached at all of the Masses at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church this past weekend. In this homily from the 5 PM Mass, Fr. Pierre reflects on the readings (EZ 17:22-24; PS 92:2-3, 13-14, 15-16; 2 COR 5:6-10; MK 4:26-34) of this day while telling the congregants, "For the kingdom of God to exist not just in the world, but in my life, I have to activate my power as the soil." We must embrace and nourish the seed of faith that God has planted in our lives.   HOMILY NOTES God is telling us through the parables in today's readings that in his heart there is a longing to do something great, something magnificent and majestic. Like creating a huge tree that can give shade and shelter to all kinds of little creatures. But he doesn't just want to do it all on his own. He has no need to do that for his own sake: he is complete and perfect in himself. And he already has a whole universe that constantly declares his glory, night and day. He wants to do something great in us. For our sake.

In this homily for the Feast of Pentecost, Fr. Pierre looks at our need of the Holy Spirit for prayer, Christian witness, and loving service to others. Fr. Pierre tells the congregants that they need to invite the Holy Spirit into their lives and that he must be welcomed with complete attention and surrender.

In this homily for Divine Mercy Sunday, Fr. Pierre discusses the heart of Jesus as the secret key that unlocks the mysteries of the Father's redemptive love for us. Friends share secrets with each other. What Jesus shares with Thomas and his other friends in the Upper Room today is his most intimate secret: his burning, thorn-crowned, crucified, pierced Heart. It's that Heart that saved the world. This is what Christianity is all about. There's no way to make sense of it all without this. This is the secret key that unlocks the mysteries of God, and the mysteries of the world he put us in. The Heart of Jesus is like a divine-and-human fusion reactor that has enough power to transform the whole created universe. And that transformation begins when we say yes to the love that is in his Heart. The visible Heart of our Savior is the perfect manifestation, in space and time, of an invisible Heart, the Heart of his Father. The Father's Heart is full of a love for us that is: • warm • tender • intensely personal (n

In this homily from the 10:30 AM Easter Sunday Mass at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Fr. Pierre tells the congregation that all of our fears are taken care of by what God has done through the death and resurrection of his Son.

Fr. Pierre presents a moving reflection on the crucifixion of Jesus in this homily from the Good Friday service at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church.     We have witnessed the Downfall of Love.  Love has fallen.  The King of Love has fallen.  I guess this is what you get for loving too much for loving too freely.  They take you, and lift you up on a tree, and strike you, and pierce you, until your blood spills everywhere.  You fall like a ripe fruit, and break open on the ground.    Where will we go, now that Love has fallen?  What rocks, what cave can hide us?  Because if Love has fallen, if the heartbeat of the world has stopped, if the Life of life itself has ended, then destruction is sure to follow.  We're lost.  We will all turn against each other, and tear each other to pieces, and then night shall reign.    But I see a woman and a young man standing there, close, very close, too close to the Cross. 

preached in the main chapel of Sacred Heart Major Seminary on Thurs., Jan. 25, 2018.

Homily for Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, delivered at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit MI.

Fr. Pierre reflects on the gospel readings for The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (MT 25:31-46) while preaching about the Judgment Day. Fr. Pierre tells the congregants that when we are on fire with love for Jesus, we cannot help but pour out that love on everyone we meet.

Fr. Pierre continues to breakdown Archbishop Vigneron's pastoral letter Unleash the Gospel in this homily from the 5 PM Mass at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church. Fr. Pierre discusses the importance of personal testimony in spreading the gospel message to our communities and families.

#homily given at the midday Mass at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, Mich. @shmsdetroit

Homily given at St. Thecla's Retreat Center, Bellerica MA, to the Daughters of St. Paul taking part in their annual retreat.

Fr. Pierre Ingram preached at all of the Masses this past weekend at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church. In this homily from the 5 PM Mass for the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Fr. Pierre tells the congregants that Jesus' appearance reveals the identity of God. Fr. Pierre looks at Jesus as both Son on man and Son of Mary. He tells the congregation that God came for us, and is for us, and concludes by posing the question, "Will we be His?"

Fr. Pierre Ingram preached at all of the Masses at Our Lady of Good Counsel this past weekend. In this homily from the 5 PM Mass, Fr. Pierre discusses salvation as a personal gift from the Savior that has a cost and a value, and the importance of placing love of Jesus above all other loves.

This is Fr. Pierre's homily for the Feast of Pentecost from Our Lady of Good Counsel Church.

Fr. Pierre Ingram preached at all of the Masses at Our Lady of Good Counsel this past weekend. In this homily from the noon Mass for the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord, Fr. Pierre explains the significance of the ascended Lord in our lives. Fr. Pierre tells the congregants that the ascended Lord is our joy and hope. He gives us our mission of making disciples of all men.