Episodes

Sunday Mar 01, 2020
The Theology of Fasting
Sunday Mar 01, 2020
Sunday Mar 01, 2020
During the Season of Lent, we are called to increased prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. In this week's "Pastors of Payne", our Payne County pastors talk about why we fast, how it can help us, and how it brings glory to God!

Sunday Feb 23, 2020
The Houston Astros, Cheating, and Your Conversion
Sunday Feb 23, 2020
Sunday Feb 23, 2020
The Houston Astros recently admitted to cheating in the course of their 2017 World Series Championship season. With Father O'Brien being a HUGE Astros fan, our priests spent this episode talking about how your conversion, this Lenten season, and the Astros cheating scandal can come together. Enjoy the episode!

Sunday Feb 16, 2020
Do Alligators Count as Meat and Other Questions About Lent
Sunday Feb 16, 2020
Sunday Feb 16, 2020
The 40 Days of Lent are approaching (February 26th) and the Pastors of Payne are answering your common questions about the season of Lent. Why purple? Why 40 days? How we set the date of Easter? What counts as meat? Why ashes?
Tune in for these and other common questions about the Season of Lent. We're glad you're listening!

Sunday Feb 09, 2020
How to Receive Holy Communion
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
At the Mass, how are we to receive Our Lord in the Eucharist? It's the most important thing we do all week. We thought an episode should cover the do's and don'ts of Holy Communion. Give it a listen and pass it on to anyone interested in this important topic.

Sunday Feb 02, 2020
Deepening Your Prayer Life
Sunday Feb 02, 2020
Sunday Feb 02, 2020
Father Kerry is joined by St. John Catholic Student Center Intern Clay Furley! They are talking about how to deepen your prayer life. Enjoy!

Sunday Jan 26, 2020
Annoying Things Priests Do
Sunday Jan 26, 2020
Sunday Jan 26, 2020
A few months back we did an amazing episode on "Annoying Things Our Parishioners Do". For those who listened to it, it was a fun, information filled episode about how people can be better Catholics and help their priests evangelize better. This episode is all about the annoying things (present company included!) priests do. We try to help you better understand the life of priests. Give it a listen and let us know what you think. What did we miss?

Sunday Jan 19, 2020
Abortion and the Early Church: Consistent Teaching Through the Centuries
Sunday Jan 19, 2020
Sunday Jan 19, 2020
With the upcoming 47th anniversary of the tragic Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, Father O'Brien and Father Kerry talk about the consistent teaching of the Church from the earliest centuries on the dignity of human life. It's not the easiest topic, but it's the social justice issue of our times so it's good to be informed.

Sunday Jan 12, 2020
Getting Back Into the Swing of Things/Welcome Back Week 2020
Sunday Jan 12, 2020
Sunday Jan 12, 2020
2020 is upon us and The Pastors of Payne are helping you get off your butt and back into good spiritual habits for the year ahead. Fr. Kerry highlights the many events of "Welcome Week" to get the students of St. John Catholic Student Center off to a great start. Listen it and pass it on to anyone you know in Payne County!

Sunday Jan 05, 2020
Christmas and the Sacraments: Living an Incarnational Life
Sunday Jan 05, 2020
Sunday Jan 05, 2020
With Father Kerry out of town, Fr. O'Brien teams up with St. Francis Xavier Associate Pastor Fr. Robert Duck to talk about the meaning of Christmas in our everyday lives. It is the Incarnation that centers our understanding of the Sacraments of the Catholic Church. Enjoy!

Sunday Dec 29, 2019
St. Joseph, Terror of Demons
Sunday Dec 29, 2019
Sunday Dec 29, 2019
As the Church celebrates the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, the Pastors of Payne talk about St. Joseph and his many important titles. He is a great example and a great intercessor! So much, our priests named their new home, the St. Joseph Priest Residence. St. Joseph, pray for us!