HOMILY • Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph

Finding God In Our Hearts with Msgr. Don Fischer

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Artificial intelligence is evolving at an unprecedented pace—what does that mean for the future of technology, venture capital, business, and even our understanding of ourselves? Award-winning journalist and writer Anil Ananthaswamy joins us for our latest episode to discuss his latest book Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI . Anil helps us explore the journey and many breakthroughs that have propelled machine learning from simple perceptrons to the sophisticated algorithms shaping today’s AI revolution, powering GPT and other models. The discussion aims to demystify some of the underlying mathematical concepts that power modern machine learning, to help everyone grasp this technology impacting our lives–even if your last math class was in high school. Anil walks us through the power of scaling laws, the shift from training to inference optimization, and the debate among AI’s pioneers about the road to AGI—should we be concerned, or are we still missing key pieces of the puzzle? The conversation also delves into AI’s philosophical implications—could understanding how machines learn help us better understand ourselves? And what challenges remain before AI systems can truly operate with agency? If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform. Sign up for our newsletter at techsurgepodcast.com for exclusive insights and updates on upcoming TechSurge Live Summits. Links: Read Why Machines Learn, Anil’s latest book on the math behind AI https://www.amazon.com/Why-Machines-Learn-Elegant-Behind/dp/0593185749 Learn more about Anil Ananthaswamy’s work and writing https://anilananthaswamy.com/ Watch Anil Ananthaswamy’s TED Talk on AI and intelligence https://www.ted.com/speakers/anil_ananthaswamy Discover the MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellowship that shaped Anil’s AI research https://ksj.mit.edu/ Understand the Perceptron, the foundation of neural networks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptron Read about the Perceptron Convergence Theorem and its significance https://www.nature.com/articles/323533a0…

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PRI Reflections of Scripture | Saturday after Ash Wednesday 6:18

12 hours тому6:18

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Gospel Luke 5:27-32 Jesus saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the customs post. He said to him, "Follow me." And leaving everything behind, he got up and followed him. Then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were at table with them. The Pharisees and their scribes complained to his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?" Jesus said to them in reply, "Those who are healthy do not need a physician, but the sick do. I have not come to call the righteous to repentance but sinners.” Reflection This story is a beautiful story about the clarity of who Jesus was compared to the leaders of the temple. They saw evil as something that should be avoided at all times. You don't get near it, you don't get around it. And that would make you holier. And it’s so interesting that they didn't seem to care for those who were in the pain of sin, and Jesus comes to turn that upside down. The Pharisees and scribes were not to be models of perfection, but they were to be healers. And Jesus pointed this out so clearly when he simply reminds them that the God who created them, the God who is, came into the world as a healer, not an example of perfection. Closing Prayer Father, we know that evil is a powerful force. But you've taught us that you are so much more powerful. And when you are within us, when we are counting on your strength, not our own, to overcome evil, we will always succeed. So bless us with this confidence. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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PRI Reflections of Scripture | Friday after Ash Wednesday 5:48

1 day тому5:48

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Gospel Matthew 9:14-15 The disciples of John approached Jesus and said, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples do not fast?" Jesus answered them, "Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast." Reflection Fasting in the time of Jesus was not just not eating food. It was about deep reflection, most especially about repentance. Wanting to change, struggling to change. What Jesus is pointing out, that when you have the source of forgiveness living with you, when you have this source of truth living with you, there's no reason to go off by yourself and to ponder and to wonder and to ask when he is right there in your midst. It's a beautiful image of what the Old Testament is versus the New Testament. The Old Testament longs for a Savior. The New Testament announces his presence. Closing Prayer Father, during this season, help us to recognize the reality of your presence in our hearts. That when we go there and converse with you, we are truly engaged in the most important work, particularly the work of this season. Bless us with an awareness of your presence. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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PRI Reflections of Scripture | Thursday after Ash Wednesday 5:56

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Gospel Luke 9:22-25 Jesus said to his disciples: "The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised." Then he said to all, "If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. What profit is there for one to gain the whole world yet lose or forfeit himself?” Reflection Jesus had to die in order to bring life into the world. It's the great paradox. Why would we he be asked to die in order to live? If it wasn't for the fact that there is such a radical change when Jesus came into the world to explain how and why we are here. It is a cry for authenticity. It is the need to be honest about who we are to ourselves and to one another. The less authenticity there is, the less grace that abounds. Closing Prayer Father, your will is that the kingdom be established here on this earth. And it cannot grow. It cannot become what you long for it to become, without our honest reflections on who we are and why we're here. Bless us, especially during this Lenten season, to ponder these mysteries and to grow in our authenticity. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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PRI Reflections of Scripture | Ash Wednesday 7:16

3 дні тому7:16

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Gospel Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Jesus said to his disciples: "Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father. When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise of others. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right is doing, so that your almsgiving may be secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you. ”When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners so that others may see them. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you. "When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites. They neglect their appearance, so that they may appear to others to be fasting. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you may not appear to be fasting, except to your Father who is hidden. And your Father who sees what is hidden will repay you.” Reflection What strikes me in this list of things that we should do, is the image of prayer. When you pray, you go to the inner room. Where is that inner room? What is it? And it seems so clear to me, it's our heart where God dwells. We are taught to go to that inner place, and to spend time with God, and to seek his advice and his direction, it’s called our conscience. And it's such a gift, such a treasure. And during this season of lent, it seems like nothing would be better than to spend more and more time with God in our hearts and listen. Listen to how he wants us to grow and change. That's his will. That's why he is present. Closing Prayer Father, you make yourself so available to us. Dwelling in our hearts. Resonating love and healing. Bless us with this recognition. Help us never to lose the beauty of your relationship with us as we continue to work for your kingdom. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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PRI Reflections of Scripture | Tuesday of the 8th Week in Ordinary Time 6:00

4 дні тому6:00

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Gospel Mark 10:28-31 Peter began to say to Jesus, 'We have given up everything and followed you." Jesus said, "Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the Gospel who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come. But many that are first will be last, and the last will be first.” Reflection It's clear that Jesus had a message that people could not fathom at the beginning, because they didn't have the wisdom of the Holy Spirit to help them. So when he talks about the first being last, the last being first, he's saying, I'm going to be giving you a whole new vision of who you are and what this world is about and why you're here. And what he's saying to his disciples, be patient. It's difficult to rethink everything, but simply know that it leads to a fullness. It's not a loss. But a gain. Closing Prayer Father, we always want things to be more simple. We want to say, if I do this, I get this reward. Bless us with a freedom from that kind of thinking. Open this up to a new mystery. A mystical life where God is continually reforming who we are and opening our mind to why we are here. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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PRI Reflections of Scripture | Monday of the 8th Week in Ordinary Time 7:11

5 днів тому7:11

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Gospel Mark 10:17-27 As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, ""Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"" Jesus answered him, ""Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; you shall not defraud; honor your father and your mother." " He replied and said to him, ""Teacher, all of these I have observed from my youth."" Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him, ""You are lacking in one thing. Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me."" At that statement, his face fell, and he went away sad, for he had many possessions. Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, ""How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the Kingdom of God!"" The disciples were amazed at his words. So Jesus again said to them in reply, ""Children, how hard it is to enter the Kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle. than for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God.” They were exceedingly astonished and said among themselves, “Then who can be saved?” Jesus looked at them and said, “For men it is impossible, but not for God. All things are possible for God.” Reflection The enthusiasm of the young man running up to Jesus, hoping to get an A-plus for the work that he had done to receive all the gifts that God is offering. And Jesus, in a very loving way, points out that he’s misunderstood something so essential. No one saves themselves. No one is the source of their salvation. Salvation is a gift given by God to those who are humble enough and grounded enough to receive it as the essence of God's gift of life. That's what he longs for us to have. But we don't get it by earning it. Please pause and reflect upon these images and then I will close with a prayer. Closing Prayer Father, you teach us over and over to be receptive to all that you long to share with us. Your greatest gift is your spirit, the Holy Spirit dwelling in us. And it brings us such wisdom. So bless us with receptivity, trust, openness, not to figuring it out, but to receive the answer. That's who God is. And we ask this in Jesus’ name Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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HOMILY • The Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time 27:55

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Saturday of the 7th Week in Ordinary Time 5:59

7 днів тому5:59

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Gospel Mark 10:13-16 People were bringing children to Jesus that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this he became indignant and said to them, "Let the children come to me; do not prevent them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the Kingdom of God like a child will not enter it." Then he embraced the children and blessed them, placing his hands on them. Reflection Throughout this week we see in Jesus so often disturbed or not happy with where the disciples are. And here he becomes indignant that they would think that Jesus does not want to be with the children. But Jesus uses children in the most interesting way by saying, unless you become like this, you can't be in my kingdom. And I think so often of these things that are childlike. Trust. Imagination. They love stories. They love things that are beautiful, and they seem free of ego and free of all that Jesus is worried about in his disciples, power over people. It's not a disposition of a child, but of an adult who misunderstands the kingdom. Closing Prayer Father, we pray for the gift of being childlike. Like everything that you ask us to be, it comes through not just our deciding to do it, but through your grace to enable us to accomplish it. Make us like children. Keep us trusting. Open to mystery. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Friday of the 7th Week in Ordinary Time 6:52

8 днів тому6:52

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Gospel Mark 10:1-12 Jesus came into the district of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds gathered around him and, as was his custom, he again taught them. The Pharisees approached him and asked, ""Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?"" They were testing him. He said to them in reply, ""What did Moses command you?"" They replied, ""Moses permitted a husband to write a bill of divorce and dismiss her."" But Jesus told them, ""Because of the hardness of your hearts he wrote you this commandment. But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. So they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, no human being must separate."" In the house the disciples again questioned Jesus about this. He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.” Reflection When Jesus is talking about divorce, the world the disciples lived in, where it was very easy for a man especially to get a divorce from a woman by just simply writing a bill of divorce, hand her the paper and she was cast out. Jesus wants to make clear to the disciples that he sees marriage differently, and what he wants everyone to experience is a kind of oneness that comes through a sacrament, a ritual that he establishes where the person can feel a mysterious power within them that makes them sense that anything they do, they've done to their partner. That there's an unbreakable bond, and to be convinced of that is the goal of marriage. It’s not always understood. It's not always accepted. And even Jesus himself gave some exceptions to divorce. And the beauty of his teaching is the simple truth that one is asked to go beyond human nature, participate in divinity within them, and continue to work through the difficulties of a marriage. Closing Prayer Father, help us to trust in grace. The mysterious power that you share with us to accomplish the way in which we are asked to live in this world. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Thursday of the 7th Week in Ordinary Time 7:47

9 днів тому7:47

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Gospel Mark 9:41-50 Jesus said to his disciples: ""Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward. ""Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed than with two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life crippled than with two feet to be thrown into Gehenna. And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. Better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into Gehenna, where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. ""Everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good, but if salt becomes insipid, with what will you restore its flavor? Keep salt in yourselves and you will have peace with one another."" Reflection Jesus continues his desire to make sure his disciples understand the heart of ministry. It's not about being great, it's about being humble. Being a servant. So he uses these three images of amputation, which is a very strong point, but what he's really saying is your hand, it's about doing things, so if you ever think that you have to do things perfectly and better than anyone else, you're in trouble. It'd be better to be limited. If your foot is your problem, it's about where you are supposed to be. Do you want to be at the top of the heap? Is that the whole issue? Better to be unable to get to the top and amputate your foot. And if your eye is your problem, do you think you need to see everything, understand everything, and be the wisest person in the room? No. Better to be unable to see fully. All of it is about being transformed by accepting our weaknesses. Our weaknesses is often what makes us the greatest. You put salt on a wound, it burns. Fire is an image of a burning, a purification. It's interesting that Jesus is telling his disciples that when you experience an inability to do things, that can be a blessing and you can have peace, knowing greatness is not about doing, it's about being. Closing Prayer Father, those of us who are ministers. Those of us who are in charge of people's spiritual journey, we are often looked upon as being the ones who know everything, or who achieved everything, and nothing is further from the truth. We’re as human and is frail as anyone in our communities, and when we accept that, and when we are honest about that, then there is the gift of being a true minister. Someone who brings hope, someone who brings peace. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Wednesday of the 7th Week in Ordinary Time 5:48

10 днів тому5:48

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Gospel Mark 9:38-40 John said to Jesus, "Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow us." Jesus replied, "Do not prevent him. There is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name who can at the same time speak ill of me. For whoever is not against us is for us.” Reflection It's hard for me to believe that for the first 27 years of my life, I believed that the Holy Roman Catholic Church was the only church that could bring somebody salvation. I wonder how that kind of teaching was so prevalent for so long, until Vatican Council blew it apart and talked about one very beautiful thing. Any community of people who turn to God and seek his truth is a means of salvation. It's not membership in a domination that saves us. It's whether or not we're open to what is true, who God really is, and what we're really here for. I ask you to take a few moments to reflect upon the images, these stories. And then I will close with a prayer. Closing Prayer Father, you called us into a community much bigger than our religion, our circle of friends and family, our country. We are called to be a part of your work throughout the world. Bless us with the ability to embrace all who seek the truth. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Tuesday of the 7th Week in Ordinary Time 7:04

11 днів тому7:04

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Gospel Mark 9:30-37 Jesus and his disciples left from there and began a journey through Galilee, but he did not wish anyone to know about it. He was teaching his disciples and telling them, "The Son of Man is to be handed over to men and they will kill him, and three days after his death the Son of Man will rise." But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to question him. They came to Capernaum and, once inside the house, he began to ask them, "What were you arguing about on the way?" But they remained silent. For they had been discussing among themselves on the way who was the greatest. Then he sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them, "If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all." Taking a child, he placed it in their midst, and putting his arms around it, he said to them, "Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but the One who sent me.” Reflection It seems clear to me that when Jesus reveals the way he is going to conquer evil, by giving into it and then rising. They have no idea of what he's really talking about. They do not realize that one has to die before one can truly live. But they're on a journey to discover it. And one of the things he's pointing out here is that anything in you that is caught up in a position of power over people is not the kingdom of God. And so he does something very unusual. He just said, look, he takes a child and puts his arms around it and said, you must become little, not so powerful, just valuable. That's what I want you to feel. You're valuable, but you're not greater than anyone else. Closing Prayer Father, it's part of our human nature to want to perfect who we are and to do good things and important things. And yet, if we're not careful, we get caught up in something where we are going to determine that we are better than others, more capable of doing what we need to do. The disciples were very much into that as they discussed who was the greatest, and what Jesus really saying is, anyone who accepts who they are as they are at this moment, that's the greatest in the Kingdom. So bless us with that kind of humility, Lord. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Monday of the 7th Week in Ordinary Time 8:00

12 днів тому8:00

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Gospel Mark 9:14-29 As Jesus came down from the mountain with Peter, James, John and approached the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and scribes arguing with them. Immediately on seeing him, the whole crowd was utterly amazed. They ran up to him and greeted him. He asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?” Someone from the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I have brought to you my son possessed by a mute spirit. Wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable to do so.” He said to them in reply, “O faithless generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I endure you? Bring him to me.” They brought the boy to him. And when he saw him, the spirit immediately threw the boy into convulsions. As he fell to the ground, he began to roll around and foam at the mouth. Then he questioned his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” He replied, “Since childhood. It has often thrown him into fire and into water to kill him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” Jesus said to him, “‘If you can!’ Everything is possible to one who has faith.” Then the boy’s father cried out, “I do believe, help my unbelief!” Jesus, on seeing a crowd rapidly gathering, rebuked the unclean spirit and said to it, “Mute and deaf spirit, I command you: come out of him and never enter him again!” Shouting and throwing the boy into convulsions, it came out. He became like a corpse, which caused many to say, “He is dead!” But Jesus took him by the hand, raised him, and he stood up. When he entered the house, his disciples asked him in private, “Why could we not drive the spirit out?” He said to them, “This kind can only come out through prayer.” Reflection Jesus came into the world to destroy the power of evil. And it’s clear to us that when we see the power of evil infecting, being a part of someone like a child, and we see the destructive nature of evil, we are reminded of how dangerous evil can be to us. And what Jesus is saying here is so clear. If you think that you are vulnerable to evil, which is true, but you must also at the same time believe that I have power over evil, and I will protect you. I will heal you. I will free you. Nothing is more important than believing that evil has no real power to destroy us. That's a promise from God earned by his death on the cross. And for us to doubt it, we put ourselves in a very vulnerable place. Without trust in God, evil does have power over us. Closing Prayer Father, fear is a real problem for all of us. It robs us of peace. And to fear that things are going wrong, and everything is bad, or that the evil is taking over, is a dangerous place to be. There is no reason for us to fear evil because of the love of God poured into us, healing us, transforming us, and bringing us into a kingdom of peace. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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HOMILY * The Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 27:27

13 днів тому27:27

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PRI Reflections on Scripture | Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle 6:41

14 днів тому6:41