﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Thu, 21 May 2026 04:38:25 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:ev="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/event/"><channel><title>Father Lawrence Jagdfeld O.F.M.</title><link>https://www.fatherlawrence.com:443/Homilies/rss/428</link><atom:link href="https://www.fatherlawrence.com:443/Homilies/rss/428" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M.]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Keep Them in My Name]]></title><link>https://www.fatherlawrence.com/Homilies/keep-them-in-my-name</link><description><![CDATA[ As we celebrate St. Bernardine of Siena, the great Franciscan preacher of the Holy Name, the readings draw us into the heart of what it means to be entrusted with the Gospel. 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