Is Becoming a Monk a Waste of Life?

Getting Thrown into a Lake

Satan and the Sphinx

Lust is a sin because it doesn't burn HOT ENOUGH

The Woman at the Well is the embodiment of mankind.

Identifying with the Woman at the Well

Confessing directly to God??

Do I Really Need to Confess my Sins to be Saved??

There were many heroes in human history who conquered many a land and foe, but not one of them conquered death itself.

We follow a REAL KING!

Why I Hate Resiliency!

The first part of the homily was cut off. I began by stating that I was a city boy from Lafayette and I grew up having no experience with live shepherding, but I did have some experience watching men raise cows. One of the greatest men in my life to do so was my cousin, whom we called Nonc Bacque. He would raise cattle on our family farm and his example showed me how to effectively raise cows, and showed me a a lot about being a shepherd. Shepherding is not often depicted as a dirty job. In fact, in my cathedral rectory back in Lafayette there is a beautiful stained glass window of Jesus as the good shepherd, and it it absolutely adorable....

The link to the document released by the Catholic Bishop's Conference of the Philippines: https://cbcpnews.net/cbcpnews/full-text-a-clarification-on-the-cbcp-position-on-freemasonry/

It's Complicated: Shepherds, Cattlemen, and the Freemasons

Knowing before Loving: Explaining the Trinity

The Eucharist: The Food that Sustained My Six Years of Priesthood

June 25, 2023
13th Sunday of Ordinary Time

True Fear

The Almighty Father

My Experience with YOLO

The Glory of Joan of Arc

How to allow God to turn the soil in our hearts

Growing the Word of God

How the Hippocratic Oath shapes our spiritual healing.

Don't Make it Worse! A Homily on Iatrogenics

Digging for Treasure

Forget forgiving trespasses. Forgive debts!

Why I don't like the Modern Translation of the Our Father

Addressing Atheism: A Solution to the Problem of Evil

Why St. Therese both bothers and captivates me.

The Wisdom of The Little Flower

How an Old Cherokee Legend beautifully illustrates Spiritual Warfare.

The War of the Wolves

Dressing for Respect

Dealing with Liars

Meaning of Wisdom

A Heavenly Investment Strategy

What King best points us to Christ the King?

Mufasa as Christ the King

What a modern-day pop music icon can teach us about love.

Justin Bieber: Loving Yourself or Loving Others?

Jesus heals people in the gospels for two reasons: 1) to show us that he is the messiah, and 2) to allow us to see the world sacramentally.

Adopting a Sacramental Paradigm

Fr. Rene Pellessier, LT, is a Catholic Priest serving in the Navy as a Chaplain. He presently stationed in Sasebo, Japan as a base chaplain running the Catholic Program. Few things bring him more joy than giving his sheep “a good fussing.” Listener be advised, Fr. Pellessier does not exactly deliver his homilies in a soft-spoken manner.

Fr. Rene Pellessier's Homilies

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