Open Wide the Doors
”Be not afraid, open wide the doors for Christ.” Episodes include homilies, reflections, and lectures given by Fr. Daniel Belken, who is a priest of the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau in Missouri, and has been ordained a priest since June 2020.
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Episodes
Sunday Dec 29, 2024
Sunday Dec 29, 2024
There are so many ways to photograph our families- and we like to capture the good sides of our families! What if we are struggling with the bad sides- or feel there is too much brokenness in our own family? Can the Holy Family help?
Wednesday Dec 25, 2024
Wednesday Dec 25, 2024
Would A Christmas Carol have been the same even without Christmas? What does it teach us to do in our own celebrations today, and throughout our lives?
Sunday Dec 22, 2024
Sunday Dec 22, 2024
What can we expect to get from Jesus as we enter these last few days of advent? What will we find under the tree?
Monday Dec 09, 2024
Monday Dec 09, 2024
Notre Dame is back in all it's glory! But, perhaps the cathedral is less a reflection of our Lady, and more of a reflection of us, and our need of her intercession for us!
Sunday Dec 08, 2024
Sunday Dec 08, 2024
The ritual of cleaning the house to prepare for a Christmas tree is all for show if we don't undergo the more important work first: preparing for Christ.
Sunday Dec 01, 2024
Sunday Dec 01, 2024
We have to be vigilant and diligently watching so many different things in life to be effective, cows included. Shouldn't faith be amongst the first of them?
Sunday Nov 24, 2024
Sunday Nov 24, 2024
We shouldn't acknowledge Jesus as King and just walk away unchanged- should we? How should we respond?
Sunday Nov 17, 2024
Sunday Nov 17, 2024
Eventually the Father is going to reappear- but we don't know when. What are we supposed to do in the meantime?
Introduction
"Be not afraid. Open wide the doors to Christ." Those words were a part of Pope John Paul II's timeless first address after being named the Holy Father. Through my homilies, talks, and lectures, here presented, it is my hope to continue that same work that John Paul II dedicated himself to so many years ago.
As a priest, I seek to bring others closer to God as a humble instrument, and pray that I can, in some small way, continue to resonate that very same theme that John Paul II begun his papacy with.
Therefore, what he has said, I say to you: "Be not afraid. Open wide the doors to Christ!"