Father Ryan Higdon

The one who holds the stars is waiting...

The struggle is real but so is mercy.

There is something greater here. Into our fears and in the face of our nightmares, God offers something beautiful. As we journey deeper into lent, we continue to unpack the beauty of God’s response to our brokenness and the attacks of the devil, the true enemy of our hearts. Building off a previous homily, this […]

Standing strong against temptation

Sometimes to really learn something we can’t just hear about it or even see it in person – we need to experience it. This is especially true with mercy. This weeks homily looks at the difficulty of forgiveness and the experience of mercy through the lens of a beautiful story of a transformed heart.

A talk I gave at DCYC (Diocesan Catholic Youth Convention) before several hundred High School students about Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, a man I have a deep devotion to. I ask them to dare to be saints and to ask for a saint to be their guide in life. Listen in!

When do we fail? The thing about life is that we fail in life not because we don’t know what to do but because we forget the bigger perspective because we don’t make enough eye contact with the Lord. Today I take a moment and ask for a bit of perspective.

What keeps us from seeing the obvious or responding like we should? Fear? Familiarity? Today’s homily takes a look at not only what keeps us from adoring the Lord and being his disciple but what Jesus does about that. In it we learn that God has anticipated our hesitation, but that does not mean we […]

He is Emmanuel meaning “God is with us” but do we really believe it? This homily invites to make that real by accepting his love which has already chosen us despite our failures.

In the giving of the gift we can often discover what it is, how it came to be, but mostly why. Taking a look at the scriptures, we dive into what the visitation reveals about what was give, how it came to be, and more importantly what it means for us.

The importance of Hope for our own lives and for the world. In this homily you’ll hear three elements that make up Hope that we can work on to usher light into the darkness.

  Ways in which we can practically let the King of the Universe reign in our hearts and not just in theory.

  A homily about fear and how it can drive us to be anxious. In it I’ll share a bit about what I’ve learned and how God has responded to that fear. Ultimately, for me, anxiety is a prophet of a future we’re not meant to have. If we look to the father, instead of […]

Homily concerning recent revelations and events.

Being bold!

but we may pray like he is...

Whatever...

It's time to let Jesus interrupt our lives. Will you let him?

Trust and Mercy

Easter joy is more than we'd expect