Our Lady Of Lourdes Podcast

Easter Sunday Homily The Keys of Heaven and Hell Fr. Brian Larkin Gary Larson “Sometimes we laugh and joke about things that are too serious for us to engage.”—Fr. Brian Larkin “Today is about heaven and hell. And today especially, today is the day of unbelievable joy. Today is the day that changes everything. You should walk out of church today with a joy that you can’t even put into words.”—Fr. Brian Larkin “Heaven is real. And I wish it weren’t, but hell is also real. And sometimes we don’t quite understand how to engage that reality, and so it’s easier to laugh at it.”—Fr. Brian Larkin “Reason has words, but only the lover sings.”—St. Augustine 
“To understand heaven and to understand how powerful today is, we have to understand what happened yesterday, on Holy Saturday.”—Fr. Brian Larkin Revelation 1:18 St. John is in heaven, and he has this vision of Jesus. He falls down at the feet of the Risen Christ, and Christ says, “Fear not. I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold,