Father Brian O’Brien believes in you. He wants to help you—I’ve seen it with my own eyes. He’s blessed my home, and counseled me, and I’m just one of his parishioners, one sheep in his Tulsa flock of 1,800 registered parishioners, and hundreds more every weekend.It’s miraculous that he has time for each one of us, but that’s exactly how it is: Each of us is his primary concern, like there’s one of him for everyone, humbly living Psalm 121: “My help comes from the Lord.”

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Fr. O'Brien grew up in Kingwood, Texas, studied theology and political science at Boston College, earned a master's in education from Notre Dame, and then a two-year teaching fellowship in Tulsa turned into the rest of his life. He's been a Catholic priest for 19 years, spent nine of them as president of Bishop Kelly High School, and is now the rector of Holy Family Cathedral in downtown Tulsa.Find him at Holy Family Cathedral | 8th & Boulder, Tulsa, OK | holyfamilycathedral.nethttps://www.instagram.com/frobrien/http://x.com/frobrien------------------Homily video courtesy of @tulsacathedral FREEDRIFT is written and produced by Kevin Ryan. Subscribe at freedrift.substack.com and check out kevinryan.us

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