Fr. Brian Soliven Sermons

Rev. Brian J. Soliven
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Brought to you by the dedicated pastor of St. Mary’s Parish in Vacaville, CA, this podcast is your gateway to insightful homilies and enriching recordings. Each episode is imbued with Father Brian’s profound spiritual guidance and wisdom, aimed at deepening your understanding of the Catholic faith. Whether you're tuning in to his reflective daily messages or the deeply inspiring Sunday sermons, you'll discover a wealth of knowledge and encouragement to light your path. Join our community of listeners and cultivate a more meaningful connection with your faith. Perfect for parishioners, spiritual seekers, and anyone yearning for God's presence in everyday life. Tune in and nourish your spirit with Father Brian's heartfelt reflections and teachings.

  1. 12h ago

    ESPRESSO SHOT: Have You Noticed Our Sins and Addictions Try to Mimic the Voice of Jesus?

    There is something deeply unsettling about temptation, not because it shouts, but because it borrows the language of Christ. Our Lord says, "Come to me, all who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest." Sin whispers nearly the same invitation: Come to me. I will quiet your loneliness. I will ease your pain. I will satisfy your hunger. Every addiction makes the same promise, and the devil himself has become a master ventriloquist, mimicking the voice of the Good Shepherd while leading souls toward a precipice. Yet there is one infallible difference. Christ always delivers what He promises, and more; sin never does. It offers rest but leaves exhaustion, freedom but forges chains, pleasure but plants regret. Only Jesus can lay down burdens without laying waste to the soul, for He alone carries the Cross that carries us home. --- Help Spread the Good News --- Father Brian’s homilies are shared freely thanks to generous listeners like you. If his words have blessed you, consider supporting this volunteer effort. Every gift helps us continue recording and sharing the hope of Jesus—one homily at a time. Give Here: https://frbriansoliven.org/give

  2. 2d ago

    ESPRESSO SHOT: Our Fear of Being Alone

    There is a quiet fear that follows nearly every human heart: the fear that, in the end, we will be left alone. We can endure hardship more easily than abandonment. Yet this is precisely where the Gospel begins. Christ does not remain a distant God, watching the world from beyond the stars. He comes to us as Immanuel—God with us. He walks our roads, bears our sorrows, enters our suffering, and even steps into death itself so that there is nowhere we can go where He has not already gone before us. The Christian hope is not merely that God will rescue us someday, but that He refuses to leave us in the pit. And a soul that discovers it is never alone has already begun to taste heaven. --- Help Spread the Good News --- Father Brian’s homilies are shared freely thanks to generous listeners like you. If his words have blessed you, consider supporting this volunteer effort. Every gift helps us continue recording and sharing the hope of Jesus—one homily at a time. Give Here: https://frbriansoliven.org/give

  3. 4d ago

    Which "Seed" Are You?

    **Thank you for your patience with the slight ruffling noise in the recording. I had microphone issues for some mysterious reason** There is something wonderfully revealing about the old Spanish architect who devoted his life to the grand basilica of La Sagrada Família in Barcelona (still under construction after 144 years). He understood that if stone could preach, then it ought to preach Christ. And so he imagined a church whose highest point would not honor a king, an emperor, or even the genius of its designer, but Jesus Himself. The tallest tower would belong to Christ, as if to remind every traveler, every skeptic, and every weary soul that there is One who stands above every earthly ambition. Our age is forever building towers of another kind. We strive to become taller through success, wealth, influence, or pleasure, believing that if only we could climb high enough, the ache within us would finally be quiet. Yet the heart is not deceived for long. It was fashioned for greatness, but not the greatness of our own making. It longs for the infinite because it was created by the Infinite. Every restless desire is, in the end, a homesickness for Christ. Perhaps this is why our Lord looked upon His disciples and said, "Blessed are your eyes, for they see" (Matthew 13:16). Countless generations had longed to behold the face of the Messiah, and there He stood before ordinary fishermen and tax collectors. Their eyes were blessed not because they possessed extraordinary vision, but because they recognized extraordinary beauty. To see Jesus is to see the fulfillment of every noble longing the human heart has ever carried. The towers of the Sagrada Família rise not merely to impress the eye, but to lift it heavenward. They whisper that true greatness is not found by making much of ourselves, but by gazing upon the One in whom all greatness dwells. The highest things in this world are at their best when they teach us to look beyond themselves. For every human longing, however confused or misdirected, is finally a search for God. As G.K. Chesterton famously observed, "Every man who knocks on the door of a brothel is looking for God." The tragedy is not that we desire too much, but that we so often mistake the shadow for the substance. Christ alone is the greatness we seek, the beauty we pursue, and the home for which every human heart was made.   --- Help Spread the Good News --- Father Brian’s homilies are shared freely thanks to generous listeners like you. If his words have blessed you, consider supporting this volunteer effort. Every gift helps us continue recording and sharing the hope of Jesus—one homily at a time. Give Here: https://frbriansoliven.org/give

  4. Jul 9

    ESPRESSO SHOT: A King Worth Dying For

    Again and again throughout the long pilgrimage of the Church, the Gospel has conquered hearts not chiefly by the brilliance of argument or the elegance of reason, but by the radiant witness of men and women so utterly convinced that Jesus Christ is the Truth that they counted no earthly treasure—not even their own lives—more precious than Him. The blood of the martyrs has accomplished what the sharpest intellect alone never could: it has persuaded the world that Christ is not merely an idea to be debated, but a King worth dying for. --- Help Spread the Good News --- Father Brian’s homilies are shared freely thanks to generous listeners like you. If his words have blessed you, consider supporting this volunteer effort. Every gift helps us continue recording and sharing the hope of Jesus—one homily at a time. Give Here: https://frbriansoliven.org/give

  5. Jul 8

    ESPRESSO SHOT: The World Cup is Catholic!

    The world's greatest sporting event owes its beginnings, in part, to the vision of a devout Catholic. Jules Rimet believed that sport could reflect the dignity of the human person and unite peoples divided by language, culture, and even war. His dream became the FIFA World Cup—a celebration of nations gathered not for conquest, but for friendly competition. --- Help Spread the Good News --- Father Brian’s homilies are shared freely thanks to generous listeners like you. If his words have blessed you, consider supporting this volunteer effort. Every gift helps us continue recording and sharing the hope of Jesus—one homily at a time. Give Here: https://frbriansoliven.org/give

  6. Jul 6

    The Mysterious God Speaks

    There is something curious about the way people speak of God. We often imagine Him as distant, alone, or occupied with the endless business of running the universe. We picture a great King, but seldom a Father. Left to ourselves, we could never have guessed what God is like in His own life. We may have discovered that there is a Creator by looking at mountains, stars, or the order of the world, but we could never have discovered the secret of His heart. That secret had to be revealed. When Jesus came, He did not simply bring new commandments or wiser teachings. He came to introduce us to Someone. Again and again He spoke of "My Father." He lived in perfect love, perfect trust, and perfect obedience to the Father. Then He promised the Holy Spirit, the very bond of love between the Father and the Son, to dwell within His people. Suddenly the veil was pulled back. We discovered that God is not solitary. From all eternity, God is a communion of love: the Father giving Himself to the Son, the Son returning Himself completely to the Father, and the Holy Spirit proceeding as the living gift of that eternal love. This is not a puzzle for clever minds to solve. It is an invitation. The astonishing thing is that Jesus did not reveal this mystery merely to satisfy our curiosity. He revealed it because He desires to draw us into it. He does not stand at a distance and say, "Look how wonderful My Father's house is." He opens the door and says, "Come in." Through Him we become children of the Father, not by nature, but by grace. We are welcomed into the very family life of God. If this seems too wonderful to believe, that is because it is. No philosopher could have imagined it. No religion devised by man would dare to promise such a thing. We might have hoped for forgiveness. We might even have hoped for heaven. But who would have dared to hope that the eternal Son would make room for us in His own relationship with the Father? Yet this is the Christian gospel. The life of God is not kept behind locked gates. In Christ, it is opened to all who will receive Him. The Father delights to call us His children, the Son calls us His brothers and sisters, and the Holy Spirit teaches our hearts to cry, "Abba, Father." The end of the Christian life is not simply to become better people. It is to share, forever, in the endless exchange of love that has filled the Trinity from all eternity. That is the destiny Jesus came to reveal, and the gift He and only He, came to give.       --- Help Spread the Good News --- Father Brian’s homilies are shared freely thanks to generous listeners like you. If his words have blessed you, consider supporting this volunteer effort. Every gift helps us continue recording and sharing the hope of Jesus—one homily at a time. Give Here: https://frbriansoliven.org/give

  7. Jul 2

    ESPRESSO SHOT: I Witnessed a Miracle

    It is a curious thing that we often expect God to perform His greatest wonders amid thunder and spectacle, while He prefers the quiet of a confessional. There, behind an ordinary screen or across a simple room, Christ performs miracles no less astonishing than opening blind eyes or raising the dead. He takes a soul bent beneath the weight of guilt and bids it stand upright again. He speaks through the frail voice of a priest, yet it is His own word that breaks the chains no human hand could loosen. The penitent enters carrying a burden invisible to the world and leaves with a heart made lighter than the morning. Such miracles seldom make the news because they occur where heaven most delights to work—in secret. Yet if we could see with God's eyes, we might discover that the greatest marvels on earth are not always the healing of the body, but the resurrection of a soul.   --- Help Spread the Good News --- Father Brian’s homilies are shared freely thanks to generous listeners like you. If his words have blessed you, consider supporting this volunteer effort. Every gift helps us continue recording and sharing the hope of Jesus—one homily at a time. Give Here: https://frbriansoliven.org/give

  8. Jul 1

    ESPRESSO SHOT: A Spiritual Battle Before Our Eyes

    If we learn to see with spiritual eyes, we begin to recognize a battle unfolding all around us. It is not a conflict over land or power, but a struggle for something far more precious than either: you. --- Help Spread the Good News --- Father Brian’s homilies are shared freely thanks to generous listeners like you. If his words have blessed you, consider supporting this volunteer effort. Every gift helps us continue recording and sharing the hope of Jesus—one homily at a time. Give Here: https://frbriansoliven.org/give

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Brought to you by the dedicated pastor of St. Mary’s Parish in Vacaville, CA, this podcast is your gateway to insightful homilies and enriching recordings. Each episode is imbued with Father Brian’s profound spiritual guidance and wisdom, aimed at deepening your understanding of the Catholic faith. Whether you're tuning in to his reflective daily messages or the deeply inspiring Sunday sermons, you'll discover a wealth of knowledge and encouragement to light your path. Join our community of listeners and cultivate a more meaningful connection with your faith. Perfect for parishioners, spiritual seekers, and anyone yearning for God's presence in everyday life. Tune in and nourish your spirit with Father Brian's heartfelt reflections and teachings.

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  • Creator
    Rev. Brian J. Soliven
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    689
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    ©2025 Rev. Brian J. Soliven
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