Redemption is not complete without divine provision. One more time. Redemption is not complete without divine provision. God said, I’m coming to comfort Zion. That means everything that’s making you uncomfortable is about to be removed. So that’s [...]

Come on. Give the Lord another shout, somebody! Take a seat, please. I’m going to speak on today called the «New Economy». The new economy. Now let’s read the scriptures, foundational scripture that I’m going to use today. He said in Proverbs [...]

All right, Matthew chapter 14, verse 15. And when the evening was come, and when it was evening, the disciples came to him saying, this is a desert place and the time is now past. Send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages and buy [...]

Faith is speaking what you believe, amen? Like David says in the Psalms, «I believed, and therefore I have spoken». And Paul quoted David in 2 Corinthians chapter 4 where he says, just like David says that «We having the same spirit of faith,» same [...]

Today I want to talk with you about the subject of heaven and why it won’t be boring. And I want to begin with a little epitaph, an old poem about a tired housewife that’s been shared for years in books and cards. I don’t know who wrote it, but it [...]

Lately, it seems there’s an award show on TV just about every week. Have you noticed that? There’s the Emmys, the Golden Globes, the Academy Awards, People’s Choice Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Country Music Awards, and the Grammys. And [...]

There aren’t many normal days on the site of Camp 3 near the summit of Mount Everest. The camp is usually set up at an elevation of around 24,500 feet, which is within the death zone caused by frigid temperatures and significantly reduced oxygen. So [...]

Way back In 1962, Brendon Grimshaw accomplished something most people only dream about. He purchased his own private island in paradise. He bought a tiny spit of the Seychelles Island in the Indian Ocean just above Madagascar. The island called [...]

Sheila Walsh : Let me ask you something. Have you ever had a quiet moment, maybe in the middle of a busy day or just lying awake at night, when you’ve wondered, is this really all there is? Maybe life feels full but something still feels missing. [...]

Almost 100 years ago, a young missionary in Ecuador named Raymond Edman staggered in the jungle, desperately ill. «He be dead by morning,» the doctor said, and his wife dyed her wedding dress black, readying it for the funeral which, in the tropics, [...]

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 [...]