Holiness for the Working Day

Fr. James Searby
  • 4.8 (6)
  • CHRISTIANITY
  • UPDATED SEMIWEEKLY

From the classroom to the office to everywhere in between, struggling for goodness & holiness can be a daunting task. In these homilies, meditations, classes & talks by Fr. James Searby, discover the possibility of Holiness for the Working Day.

  1. 3D AGO

    Lenten Meditation on Prudence

    this is part 1 of a series on the Cardinal Virtues.

    35 min

  2. 6D AGO

    Using Desert Power

    1st Sunday of Lent, Year A 2026 The Tempation in the Desert

    15 min

  3. FEB 19

    And To Dust You Shall Return

    The healing time of lent  Ash Wednesday 2026

    13 min

  4. FEB 14

    Jesus, the Great Romantic

    6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A and Valentine's Day 2026

    20 min

  5. FEB 12

    Meditation on Lent as the Training Camp of Love

    This Lent, we step into a type of Groundhog Day and discover that the real loop is not time, but of the heart. Like Phil Connors, we can drift through repetition, chasing comfort and distraction, or we can let repetition become formation. Lent is not a diet, a productivity plan, or spiritual biohacking. It is a training camp for love. It is the joyful adventure of waking up to the ordinary day and choosing to grow in it. It is the season where the mind is reawakened, attention is purified, and sanctifying grace elevates our natural powers so we can truly know Christ and love like Him. This is the school of love, where virtue is formed through daily practice, where the fog lifts, where the intellect comes alive, and where the loop breaks not because circumstances change, but because we do as we journey to Easter.

    37 min

  6. FEB 5

    Meditation on Virtuous Friendship

    Holiness for the Working Day

    35 min

  7. JAN 29

    Meditation on Surrender & Gethsemane

    This is the last talk in the meditation series on Surrender.

    36 min

  8. JAN 25

    Come After Me!

    3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Gospel Matthew 4:12-23 or 4:12-17 When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, that what had been said through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled: Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, on those dwelling in a land overshadowed by death light has arisen. From that time on, Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen. He said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men." At once they left their nets and followed him. He walked along from there and saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat, with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. He called them, and immediately they left their boat and their father and followed him. He went around all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness among the people.

    15 min
See All (914)

Ratings & Reviews

4.8
out of 5
6 Ratings

About

From the classroom to the office to everywhere in between, struggling for goodness & holiness can be a daunting task. In these homilies, meditations, classes & talks by Fr. James Searby, discover the possibility of Holiness for the Working Day.

Information

You Might Also Like