Finding God In Our Hearts with Msgr. Don Fischer

Msgr. Don Fischer
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Finding God In Our Hearts with Msgr. Don Fischer

At a particular time in our evolution, God chose to enter into our world and a story was born. It has been carefully written, proclaimed and pondered. It possesses the power to awaken a knowing that has always been in us…the ability to experience the God who is, and to know a love that exceeds all others. Msgr. Don was ordained a Catholic priest in 1967. His preaching ministry grew beyond his parish work, and in 1987 began a Sunday radio broadcast that ran for 36 years on WRR in Dallas, TX. He has never tired of pondering the story, and admits the God he knew at his ordination, has little in common with the God he has discovered.Pastoral Reflections institute is non-profit located in Dallas, TX dedicated to enriching your spiritual journey.

  1. PRI Reflections | God's Healing

    16 HR. AGO

    PRI Reflections | God's Healing

    Msgr. Don reflects on how our willingness to be completely open to God is when he is able to help us most. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    4 min
  2. HOMILY • The First Sunday of Advent

    3 DAYS AGO

    HOMILY • The First Sunday of Advent

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    27 min
  3. PRI Reflections | Indwelling Presence

    NOV 27

    PRI Reflections | Indwelling Presence

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    2 min
  4. HOMILY • The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ

    NOV 24

    HOMILY • The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ

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    28 min

  5. NOV 23

    PRI Reflections on Scripture | Saturday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time

    Gospel Luke 20:27-40 Some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, came forward and put this question to Jesus, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, If someone’s brother dies leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother. Now there were seven brothers; the first married a woman but died childless. Then the second and the third married her, and likewise all the seven died childless. Finally the woman also died. Now at the resurrection whose wife will that woman be? For all seven had been married to her.” Jesus said to them, “The children of this age marry and remarry; but those who are deemed worthy to attain to the coming age and to the resurrection of the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. They can no longer die, for they are like angels; and they are the children of God because they are the ones who will rise. That the dead will rise even Moses made known in the passage about the bush, when he called ‘Lord’ the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.” Some of the scribes said in reply, “Teacher, you have answered well.” And they no longer dared to ask him anything.   Reflection The Sadducees who did not believe in life after death, are pretty literal in their misunderstandings of what it means to die. When you die, and this is before the final coming of Jesus, you're in a place where it's not like the earth. People are not marrying and not marrying in those places, but they are rather in a place where they have a powerful impact on us.   They're like angels. Angels are messengers. So we have in this story a beautiful image of praying to those who have died for their help, for their wisdom, their understanding. It's a very deep mystery, but a beautiful way of understanding what happens to us after we die, before God's kingdom is established.   Closing Prayer Father, you are constantly reminding us of your generosity. Your longing that we be saved and be with you. You fill us with an understanding of compassion and forgiveness. Help us to feel that presence, knowing that we've been given a promise of a place where we will be able to wait for the final kingdom and be in touch with one another. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    7 min

  6. NOV 22

    PRI Reflections on Scripture | Memorial of Saint Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr

    Gospel Luke 19:45-48 Jesus entered the temple area and proceeded to drive out those who were selling things, saying to them, “It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves.” And every day he was teaching in the temple area. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people, meanwhile, were seeking to put him to death, but they could find no way to accomplish their purpose because all the people were hanging on his words.   Reflection It's not hard to believe in any system that engages someone in something that is meaningful and purposeful can be turned through corruption into something very different. Instead of the temple being a place where you could encounter God, it was clear that it turned out to be a place that was making money for those who were running the temple.   It's a reminder of how often that we see in religion, those who run a religion get caught up in money and power, and it ruins the heart of what a religion is about. Creating a place of intimacy with God through ritual and through teachings. That's the work of the church. Not to take power, not to serve the needs of those who are in charge.   Closing Prayer Father, for all of us who are ministers of your word, bless us with an understanding of what we're here to accomplish. Not to control behavior. Not to tell people what they have to do, but rather to invite them into a relationship with God that is transformative. That brings life, hope, and fullness. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    6 min

  7. NOV 21

    PRI Reflections on Scripture | Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

    Gospel Luke 19:41-44 As Jesus drew near Jerusalem, he saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If this day you only knew what makes for peace– but now it is hidden from your eyes. For the days are coming upon you when your enemies will raise a palisade against you; they will encircle you and hem you in on all sides. They will smash you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another within you because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”   Reflection Compassion is at the heart of everything you teach. You long for us to be lifted out of a place of darkness and fear. Help us to feel this ministry that comes so clearly from you, but not always coming from the religion that we may be engaged in. The shadow of religion is its condemnation of sin. When in truth, the real religion that we're called to is one of understanding and compassion.   Closing Prayer Father, awaken us to who you are, so that when we understand more fully about your presence dwelling within us, we will recognize you when we feel things differently. Not quick to judge, but more importantly, quick to love. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    6 min

  8. NOV 20

    PRI Reflections on Scripture | Wednesday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time

    Gospel Luke 19:11-28 While people were listening to Jesus speak, he proceeded to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem and they thought that the Kingdom of God would appear there immediately. So he said, “A nobleman went off to a distant country to obtain the kingship for himself and then to return. He called ten of his servants and gave them ten gold coins and told them, ‘Engage in trade with these until I return.’ His fellow citizens, however, despised him and sent a delegation after him to announce, ‘We do not want this man to be our king.’ But when he returned after obtaining the kingship, he had the servants called, to whom he had given the money, to learn what they had gained by trading. The first came forward and said, ‘Sir, your gold coin has earned ten additional ones.’ He replied, ‘Well done, good servant! You have been faithful in this very small matter; take charge of ten cities.’ Then the second came and reported, ‘Your gold coin, sir, has earned five more.’ And to this servant too he said, ‘You, take charge of five cities.’ Then the other servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your gold coin; I kept it stored away in a handkerchief, for I was afraid of you, because you are a demanding man; you take up what you did not lay down and you harvest what you did not plant.’ He said to him, ‘With your own words I shall condemn you, you wicked servant. You knew I was a demanding man, taking up what I did not lay down and harvesting what I did not plant; why did you not put my money in a bank? Then on my return I would have collected it with interest.’ And to those standing by he said, ‘Take the gold coin from him and give it to the servant who has ten.’ But they said to him, ‘Sir, he has ten gold coins.’ He replied, ‘I tell you, to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. Now as for those enemies of mine who did not want me as their king, bring them here and slay them before me.’”   After he had said this, he proceeded on his journey up to Jerusalem.   Reflection This parable holds a truth about the Kingdom of God. So many of the followers of Jesus, as they were working toward Jerusalem, thinking that this would be the day that Jesus would take over and run the world. And they didn't understand what was going to be asked of them. And when they were asked to die to themselves and to surrender themselves to God, it would be easy for them to be caught up in fear, which is what this story is about.   A man asked to do something, but out of fear of making a mistake, he won't do it. The Kingdom of God cannot be that way. We have to take risks. We have to imagine letting go of everything in order to find the fullness of truth.   That's at the heart of this story. Fear is a very dangerous thing to be caught up in if you want to live in the Kingdom of God.   Closing Prayer Father, the greatest risk that we can take with you is a misunderstanding the promise you make. For anyone who gives up what seems to be their life, they'll find something a hundred times more effective, a hundred times more life giving. Keep us in this position of always trusting in whatever you ask us to let go of is always something that robs us of life. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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At a particular time in our evolution, God chose to enter into our world and a story was born. It has been carefully written, proclaimed and pondered. It possesses the power to awaken a knowing that has always been in us…the ability to experience the God who is, and to know a love that exceeds all others. Msgr. Don was ordained a Catholic priest in 1967. His preaching ministry grew beyond his parish work, and in 1987 began a Sunday radio broadcast that ran for 36 years on WRR in Dallas, TX. He has never tired of pondering the story, and admits the God he knew at his ordination, has little in common with the God he has discovered.Pastoral Reflections institute is non-profit located in Dallas, TX dedicated to enriching your spiritual journey.

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