The Fr. John Amsberry Podcast
In this podcast, Father John Amsberry, a Catholic priest ordained in 1997, shares his dynamic and faithful teachings on the Good News of Jesus Christ. He speaks and writes to a global audience, emphasizing the power of love as explained by St. John Paul II. Currently serving as pastor of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in San Diego, California, he addresses the confusion and sorrow of the modern world with engaging and hopeful messages.
Episodes
Who Started Your Church?
Everything Means Nothing?
HOPE - Heaven Offers Perpetual Encouragement
Do you live in the house of fear or the house of love?
In this episode, Father John reflects on the voices we listen to, the fears that shape us, and Christ's invitation to live with trust instead of anxiety.
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From Fear to Love
The Guts of God
The Demons Believe. Do You?
Pentecost Clarity and Courage
The Heart of St. Joan of Arc
I Am the Gate
How Do I Forgive?
Holy Week Series Ep. 7 of 7 Easter Sunday: He Is Risen & It Changes Everything
What if this didn't happen?
No resurrection. No hope. No answer to the darkness, the suffering, the tomb.
But it did happen. And it changes everything.
In the final episode of our Holy Week series, Father John brings us to the greatest day the universe has ever known — Easter Sunday. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is not just a historical event. It's the answer to every question you have, every
What Do You Want?
Holy Week Series Ep. 6 of 7 Holy Saturday: Waiting in the Dark
The stone is placed. The tomb is sealed. And He's gone.
Holy Saturday is the darkest day of the year. No miracles. No answers. Just silence and an unbearable question hanging in the air — is this the end, or is this the beginning?
In Episode 6 of our Holy Week series, Father John sits with us in that darkness. He takes us into the hearts of Mary and the disciples as they waited, not knowing what S
Satan and Devil
Holy Week Series Ep. 5 of 7 | Good Friday & The Cross: Mercy or Misery?
Where is the hope? Jesus has died just like any other man.
Good Friday confronts us with the most painful question of Holy Week — and the most powerful answer.
In Episode 5 of our Holy Week series, Father John takes us to the cross. Not to look away from it, but to look directly at it. To ask the question we all need to ask: why is He up there? And what does it mean for my life?
The crucifix is th
His Washing
Holy Week Series Ep. 4 of 7 | The Garden of Gethsemane: Not My Will, But Yours
Can you imagine if that prayer was never prayed?
The night before His crucifixion, Jesus knelt in the Garden of Gethsemane — and the weight of what was coming was so intense He sweat blood. His closest friends fell asleep. And yet He prayed the most powerful prayer ever spoken:
"Father, not my will, but your will be done."
In Episode 4 of our Holy Week series, Father John takes us deep into the Ga
Holy Week Series Ep. 3 of 7 Holy Thursday: The Last Supper
The night before everything fell apart, Jesus sat down for dinner with His closest friends. He knew what was coming... the betrayal, the arrest, the cross. And yet He broke bread, poured wine, and washed feet.
In this episode, Father John Amsberry takes us inside the Upper Room to understand what the Last Supper really was not just a final meal, but the institution of the Eucharist. A new covenant
Holy Week Series Ep. 2 of 7 Holy Mon-Tues: Jesus Flipped the Tables in the Temple
The day after Palm Sunday, Jesus walked into the most sacred place in Jerusalem and turned it upside down. Tables flipped. Money scattered. Animals set loose.
But this wasn't a tantrum but It was a declaration.
In Episode 2 of our Holy Week series, Father John breaks down what really happened when Jesus cleansed the Temple and what it means for us now.
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Humiliation
Holy Week series Ep. 1 of 7 Palm Sunday: The Entrance That Changed Everything
In this special mini series of our Holy Week series, Father John walks you through the triumphal entrance into Jerusalem and why the same crowd cheering Jesus on Sunday would be calling for His crucifixion by Friday. This is Holy Week the way it was meant to be experienced. Not rushed. Not watered down. Real, raw, and transformational.
A Clinging Christian
The Temptation
Disposition of Submission
You are the Salt of the Earth
Caught!
The New Exodus
Homily for Sunday, January 11, 2026
The Collection Basket
Homily for Sunday, January 4, 2026
The Way of the Family
Homily for Sunday, December 28, 2025
Teach The Children
Homily for Christmas Eve, December 24, 2025
Righteous St. Joseph
Homily for Sunday, December 21, 2025
Tell Me Your Story
Homily for Sunday, December 14, 2025
Be Fire
Homily Friday December 12, 2025
The Attentive Ear is the Joy of the Wise
Homily for Sunday, August 31, 2025. Father John is going on a well deserved 3 month sabbatical beginning next week. We wish him well.
Praying The Our Father
Homily for Sunday, July 27, 2025
Fathers - Mind the Gap
Homily for Sunday, June 15, 2025
When the Church hurts you
Homily for Sunday, June 20, 2025
Love is sacrificing your body for Christ
Homily for Sunday, June 22, 2025
Is Confession Really in the Bible?
Homily for Sunday, June 8, 2025
Give 'em Heaven!
Homily for Sunday, June 1, 2025
Nick's Testimonial
Homily for Sunday, April 27, 2025
How Do You Get To Heaven?
Homily for Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025
What Will Happen Through You?
Homily for Holy Saturday, April 19, 2025
Pouring Out
Homily for Good Friday, Aprill 18, 2025
Your Address
Homily for Holy Thursday, April 17, 2025
End of the Line
Homily for Palm Sunday,, April 13, 2025
How to See as God Sees
Homily for Sunday, March 30, 2005
Meet Me at the Well
Homily for Sunday, March 23, 2025
Disrupted Disrupter
Homily for Sunday, March 9, 2025
Die to the Lie and Come Live to the Give
Homily for Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Use Your Words!
Homily for Sunday, March 2, 20025
First the Natural then the Spiritual
The Shekinah Returns!
Homily for Sunday, February 2, 2025
Your First Wedding?
Homily for Sunday, January 25, 2025
Behold and Be Held
Homily for Sunday, January 5, 2025
Come and go with me to Our Father's House
Homily for Sunday, December 29, 2024
Responding to Rescue
Homily for Christmas Day, December 25, 2024
Why Such Haste?
Homily for Sunday, December 22, 2024
What should we do? Dance!
Homily for Sunday, December 15, 2024
Sublimity
Homily for Sunday, December 8, 2024
Is Christ Your King?
Homily for Sunday, November 24, 2024
State of Your Union?
Homily for Sunday, November 10, 2024
Love Seeks to Save
Homily for Sunday, November 3, 2024
Crucfy the "I"
Homily from Medjugorje Night, October 29, 2024
Whose Company do you keep?
Homily for October 13, 2024
Property of Jesus
Homily for October 6, 2024
Announce or Renounce
Homily for Sunday, September 29, 2024
Crossroads and the Crucifix
Recorded September 28, 2024
Medjugorje
Fr. John Amsberry speaks in Medjugorje in April 2024
True Healing
Homily for Sepember 9, 2024
LAW Obey and Play
Homily for Spetember 1, 2024
Subordinate
Homily for Sunday, August 5, 2024
5 & 2
Homily for Sunday, February 28, 2024
Arise
Homily for Sunday, June 30, 2024
Open Hand or Fist?
Homily for Sunday, June 2, 2024
You're in a Battle
Homily for Sunday, May 5, 2024
Locked Doors
Homily for Sundat]y, April 7, 2024
Sent Running
Homily for Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024
Every Last Crumb
Homily for The Easter Vigil, Saturday, March 30, 2024
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