In the Old Testament, Habakkuk the prophet struggled and he said, «O Lord, how long shall I cry, and You will not hear me»? And Job wrestled with it. Job said, «Oh, that I had one to hear me! Oh, that the Almighty would answer me». And David said [...]

The daughter of an atheist once told a friend that she had been raised without any religion. «I don’t believe in God, » she said. And then a little wistfully she added, «But the other day I came across an old German book that contained a prayer, and [...]

«Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you». These three instructions, ask, seek, and knock, are in the imperative mood. Now, I’m an old English major, so that means something to me, but let me [...]

We are pretty self-sufficient people, but that has caused us to make prayer our last resort when we’re in trouble. We make prayer so difficult. Prayer may be mysterious, but it’s not complicated. It’s simple. And in this series, I’m going to teach [...]

Take your Bibles and go back to the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew chapter 6 and in a moment we’re going to begin reading in verse 5. The passage that we have before us today deals with the subject of prayer. There is nothing more important to the [...]

Take God’s Word and be finding Matthew chapter 5 as we begin today a wonderful journey through the Sermon on the Mount. And I think all of us have read the Sermon on the Mount and have enjoyed it, but we’re going to look at it, I trust, in a new and [...]

Be finding Matthew chapter 6 and we’re going to begin reading in a moment at verse 9 and read right on through verse 13. That prayer that we call the model prayer, the disciple’s prayer sometimes called the Lord’s Prayer. You can do nothing better [...]

Take God’s Word and be finding Matthew chapter 5, and we’re in a series of messages on the Sermon on the Mount. The title of this series, «Building on the Rock». And the subtitle, «The Keys of the Kingdom» as we’re studying the Beatitudes. These are [...]

Would you take God’s Word and be turning to the book of Judges chapter 17. And actually, we’re coming today to the last message in this series on, «Bring Back the Glory». And I pray God that we’ve learned some things and we’ll learn some things [...]

Take the Word of God and turn to Matthew chapter 5 as we continue our series of messages from the Sermon on the Mount under the general heading «Building on the Rock». For Jesus said, «Whosoever heareth these things of mine and does them will be [...]

Would you find again the beatitudes? Matthew chapter 5, we’re calling these «The Keys to the Kingdom». And these are statements that Jesus Christ has made, and He begins each one of them with the word blessed. The word blessed is almost hard to [...]

Would you take God’s Word and find, please, Judges chapter 11. It’s not hard to find, it comes right after chapter 10, if you’re able to find that. The title of our message, «Men of Strength». The great need today is for men, real men, men of [...]

Take God’s Word and find if you would, please, the book of Judges, and I want you to look in chapter 9 if you will. I begin in verse 8. This is the first parable ever given in the Bible. It’s the parable of the trees who wanted a king. Judges [...]

Would you take God’s Word please and be finding the book of Judges, chapter 1, and when you’ve found it, let me tell you something. The book of Judges is not a happy book, it’s a sad book. And yet it’s a book that holds out hope. It’s a book that [...]

Peace be with you. Friends, for this 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time, I want to focus right in on reading number two, which is from the letter to the Hebrews. It’s one of my favorite passages in the New Testament because it’s a great biblical [...]

Peace be with you, Friends. For this Sunday, I want to talk to you once again about faith. I know I probably talk a lot about that, but as I’ve said before, it’s the most misunderstood word in the religious vocabulary. So here I go again. I want to [...]

Peace be with you. Friends, for this 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time, I want to focus not on the Gospel. I preached on it many times before, the great Parable of the Unjust Steward, which is very rich. But I want to focus on readings two and one [...]

Peace be with you. Today is Trinity Sunday, one of my favorite feast days of the year. Because I have put my old theologian’s cap on, and speak very theologically to you. Some people say, «Oh no, sermons shouldn’t be theological». Nonsense. Go back [...]

Peace be with you. Friends, for this 15th Sunday of ordinary time, we get to read from the book of Deuteronomy, which is a marvelous text, of course, in the Old Testament. It means literally the second law. And so a lot of it’s about the laws and [...]

Peace be with you, friends. For this Sunday, I want to focus on our second reading, one that I don’t preach on that often. It’s an excerpt from Paul’s second letter to Timothy. Those two great letters to Timothy we have are fascinating from a lot of [...]

Please be with you. Friends, this year has been unusual because Easter was a bit late, and then we go through Pentecost, then we come to the Feast of Holy Trinity and then Corpus Christi, and then we had the Feast of Peter and Paul. So all this has [...]

Peace be with you. Friends, we have a special treat this year because the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, June 29th, falls on a Sunday. So, we have a chance to meditate on these two great saints, these pivotal saints in our Church. And I’ve been [...]

Peace be with you, friends. Pope Benedict memorably told us that the Church does three essential things. I’ve always found this really clarifying: the Church worships God, the Church evangelizes, and the Church serves the poor. Those three basic [...]

Peace be with you. Friends, we come to this 17 Sunday, of the ordinary time, and we have a great privilege, because we’re reading in our gospel Luke’s account of Jesus' great prayer. The disciples say, «Lord, teach us how to pray,» and so Jesus [...]

Peace be with you. Friends, we come now to this wonderful feast of Corpus Christi. Every year we have the Feast of Trinity Sunday followed by Corpus Christi, two of the highest theological mysteries, the Trinity and the Eucharist back-to-back. And I [...]

Peace be with you, friends. For this 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, I want to talk to you about a very important theme. Namely, the theme of pride and its antidote. Now, I say very important because I don’t know a spiritual teacher who doesn’t say [...]

Peace be with you. Friends, our gospel is the famous question to Jesus, «How many will be saved»? I know it’s everyone’s favorite question, I’m not going to preach on it. I’ve preached on it a lot, I’ve written a lot, so you can consult those. But I [...]

Peace be with you. Friends, we have a great privilege this year because the feast of the exaltation of the Holy Cross, September the 14th, falls on a Sunday. So, we have a chance to reflect a bit more deeply on this marvelous, and frankly, [...]

Peace be with you. Friends, people ask me sometimes: Where did the title of my ministry, Word on Fire, come from? It came from our Gospel for today. Jesus said to his disciples, «I’ve come to set the earth on fire». Other translations, «I’ve come to [...]

Peace be with you, friends, for this 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time. We’re reading from the 14th chapter of Luke, and this is very serious spiritual business. We’re talking-if you want to put it this way-very high-octane spirituality. Remember the [...]

Peace be with you, friends, on this 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time. Our Gospel is the ever- popular Martha and Mary Gospel. I say «ever-popular» with a tongue -in- cheek tone because, in my years of preaching, it’s one that tends to bother people a [...]

Peace be with you, friends. Our readings for this 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time are marvelous. They center around a theme that is fundamental to the spiritual life: detachment. I want to delve into it by referencing a song. I often go on long car [...]

I’m Father Cedric Pisegna, welcome to «Live with Passion»! So glad that you’ve joined us. I’m producing a series about discipleship. Discipleship is following Jesus with our actions and with our words. Change your words and you’ll change your life. [...]

I’m Father Cedric Pisegna, welcome to «Live with Passion»! I am producing a series about authentic discipleship. It all begins with a call, and I want to share with you from the Gospel of Matthew, this is chapter 4: «Jesus was walking by the Sea of [...]

Welcome to «Live with Passion»! I’m Father Cedric Pisegna. Thank you so much for tuning into the program. I am producing a series about authentic discipleship. As disciples, we want to praise God for his goodness. We want to thank God, be filled [...]

Hi, I’m Father Cedric, the host of «Live with Passion». So glad that you’ve found the program. Many of you tune in each week, really appreciate that. Love coming into your homes. Special program, I’m going to talk about the death experience. This [...]

I’m Father Cedric Pisegna, the host of «Live With Passion». I’m so glad that you tuned into the program, because I believe that you’re about to be lifted up, especially in your prayer life. I wanna proclaim to you the gospel from Matthew chapter 28. [...]

Welcome to «Live with Passion». I’m Father Cedric Pisegna. Thank you for tuning into the program. This is called the «Power of Pentecost». Comes from Acts chapter 2: «When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. Suddenly, [...]

Welcome to «Live With Passion»! I’m Father Cedric Pisegna. So glad that you tuned into the program. This series is about, «I am with you,» that’s God speaking. And in a very special way, God is with us through the Holy Spirit. The ancient prayer of [...]

Welcome to «Live With Passion,» I’m Father Cedric Pisegna. Thank you so much for inviting me into your home, I pray that this program will inspire you to be your best. I want to talk about God Almighty. I’ll share with you from the very beginning of [...]

Welcome to «Live with Passion»! I’m Father Cedric Pisegna. So glad that you tuned into the program. This comes from Galatians chapter 2, verse 20, Paul wrote, «I have been crucified with Christ. It’s no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. [...]

Welcome to «Live with Passion»! I’m Father Cedric Pisegna. This comes from the Gospel of Mark chapter 12: «Scribe came up to Jesus and said, 'Which commandment is the first of all? ' Jesus said, 'This is the first, „Hear, O Israel! [...]

Do you know, Church, that the Lord has given us an easy way to walk in the Spirit, to walk with him? I wanna share on that today and how, in walking in the Spirit, we’ll possess our possessions. The Lord said to Joshua that «the way you possess the [...]

The Bible says the entrance of God’s words give light, amen? Regardless of what we are faced with, sometimes the Word might not speak specifically to the area or situation that we are having battle with, but the entrance of God’s words give light. [...]

I remember many years ago, I was just in my early 30s when the Lord began to uncover some of these truths that I’m sharing with you today about long life and divine health and renewal of youth. And I would say to the Lord then, I would say things [...]

We need to pray, amen? Prayer is something that you need for yourself, your families. You do not know what the future holds, amen, but thank God, God knows everything from the end to the beginning, from the beginning to the end, amen? God is in the [...]

The Lord spoke to me and the Lord said to me to tell all of us to pray in the Spirit regularly, at least every day. Spend some time, at least half an hour to one hour. Set aside time, and it doesn’t mean that you must observe it legalistically every [...]

Whenever you hear a testimony being shared, there is a purpose. The Bible says that they overcame Satan by the blood of the Lamb, number one, and by the word of their testimony. You know when you testify of what the Lord has done, you overcome the [...]

Prophetically speaking, it was in Mount Zion that God says he will spread a feast. Let’s look at that verse again: «And in this mountain,» what mountain is that? Well, the ending of the chapter before this says it’s Mount Zion. So continuing that [...]

— The Temple Mount Expedition Promised Land, pastor what do you want to touch on here in this kind of epic location and an epic evening afternoon here in Jerusalem, what do you want to touch on? — When I look at this panoramic view, where better [...]