Msgr. Esseff asks “Why do you worry? Are you a servant of God or mammon?” Gospel MT 6:24-34 Jesus said to his disciples: “No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other.

This podcast offers a critical teaching from Msgr. Esseff, who has served the Church as an exorcist for over 40 years and is President of the Board of the Pope Leo XIII Institute a school for Exorcist training in the United States.

Msgr. Esseff asks the question, “Do you truly know how to pray?” He then brings forward a basic of prayer, R.I.M.: Relationship, Identity, and Mission. He breaks this open for us in a concrete, practical way using, among other things, the “Our Father.”

Msgr. Esseff reflects on the importance of the family in our lives. He shares two very personal stories to offer insight on the role of fathers in the heart of each family.

Msgr. Esseff offers a reflection on the Flight into Egypt and the killing of the Holy Innocents.  Also, a special thought for those who may have had miscarriages or abortions. Gospel Mt 2:13-18 When the magi had departed, behold,

Reading 2HEB 1:1-6 Brothers and sisters: In times past, God spoke in partial and various ways to our ancestors through the prophets; in these last days, he has spoken to us through the Son, whom he made heir of all things and through whom he created th...

Reading 1 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16 When King David was settled in his palace, and the LORD had given him rest from his enemies on every side, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am living in a house of cedar,

Reading 1 Mal 3:1-4, 23-24 Thus says the Lord GOD: Lo, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me; And suddenly there will come to the temple the LORD whom you seek, And the messenger of the covenant whom you desire. Yes, he is coming,

Reading 11 SM 1:24-28 In those days, Hannah brought Samuel with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and presented him at the temple of the LORD in Shiloh. After the boy’s father had sacrificed the young bull,

Reading 1  IS 7:10-14 The LORD spoke to Ahaz: Ask for a sign from the LORD, your God; let it be deep as the nether world, or high as the sky! But Ahaz answered, “I will not ask! I will not tempt the LORD!” Then Isaiah said: Listen, O house of David!