Ishpeming Catholic Podcast

Latest Episodes
Embracing suffering
As we being Lent, Jesus calls us to suffer with him and embrace the cross. In this episode, Father Ryan encourages us not to flee from losing our lives each day.
Speech that builds up
Jesus calls us to be fruitful trees through speech that builds up, helps others, teaches and leads others, and removes others' defects. In this episode, Father Ryan examines how we can bear good frui
Jesus' peace plan
In his Sermon on the Plain, Jesus gives us his four-point peace plan when we're faced with hatred, hostility, exclusion, or insults because we follow Christ and His teachings. In this episode, Fr. Ry
Cast into the deep
God always takes the initiative in our life to come close to us and call us. Isaiah and Peter's response is to recoil in fear and shame at their sinfulness, yet this doesn't stop God from calling the
Loving people with same-sex attraction
Caring for people with same-sex attraction has become part of the 'culture wars,' with seemingly two sides pitted against each other. In this episode, Father Ryan talks about how to walk in the way o
March for Life 2022
In this episode, Father Ryan speaks about his experience with a bus load of Yooper pilgrims to the 48th March for Life in Washington, D.C. Many of the speakers told their stories of how abortion affe
Shine like light
Jesus warns us we must pass through many tribulations to enter the Kingdom of God, and that many will fall away from faith because of persecution and pressures from the world. In this episode, Father
Blindness and Sight
Bartimaeus is an image for all of us born into this world ignorant of the truth about God and ourselves and needing the light of revelation to make known to us God's plan for our lives. The readings
The path to glory
Jesus teaches us the true meaning of baptism and the Eucharist when he calls James and John to follow Him in service and suffering. In this episode, Father Ryan explains how the path to glory passes
The Gift and Fruitfulness of Marriage
Jesus gives us a positive, joyful, vision of the high calling of marriage in God's plan from the beginning. Rather than focus on the rules, he wants spouses to focus on their relationship and the goo