New Roads Messages

We are New Roads Catholic Community, two Roman Catholic parishes in the Archdiocese of Boston working to renew our church centered around the mission and message of Jesus. We hope the messages here inspire you to take the next step in your faith journey.

Episodes

Oct 27, 2025

16 min

We often try to build our lives on performance and comparison–doing enough, looking good enough, proving we’re better than someone else. Jesus says there’s a better foundation: humility. This week we explore how an honest, open posture before God reshapes us and why serving others lays the bricks of a life God can use.

Oct 20, 2025

18 min

We’re all building something–careers, families, reputations, lives. But what if we’re pouring our time and energy into things that won’t last? This new series invites us to look at the foundation we’re laying and the legacy we’re leaving. In this first week, we see even Moses couldn’t do it alone. Victory came only when friends stepped in to hold him up. If we want to build a life that matters, we can’t build it solo. God designed us to hold one another up, and to let others hold us up, too.

Oct 12, 2025

17 min


What if you’re missing the miracle--and don’t even realize it? In this final week of the series, we explore how rushing and distraction blind us to God’s work and how noticing and turning back can fill life with gratitude and joy.

Oct 5, 2025

16 min

Disappointment can quietly pull us away from trust and into frustration and scorekeeping with God. In this message, we look at Jesus’ call to use the faith we already have and keep trusting--even when life feels hard and prayers seem unanswered.

Sep 28, 2025

18 min

In a world full of distractions, love begins with noticing. This week, we explore how paying full attention to those around us--our families, neighbors, and colleagues--is a moral act that transforms both them and us.

Sep 21, 2025

17 min

Distraction doesn’t just keep us from rest, it keeps us from purpose. In this message, we explore one of Jesus’s most misunderstood parables and how it challenges us to live not reactively, but intentionally, with eternity in mind.

Sep 15, 2025

17 min

When life feels overwhelming, our first instinct is often escape: scrolling, numbing, distracting ourselves. But Jesus offers something better: a way through. This week we explore how the cross transforms pain into healing and how looking to the one who was lifted up can lead us to real life.

Sep 7, 2025

17 min


Distraction is everywhere--but what’s it really costing us? This week we explore how distraction quietly pulls us away from what matters most and how Jesus invites us to live with greater intention, clarity, and purpose.

Aug 31, 2025

16 min

During a time when we can’t see people in person much (or at all), our relationships have been challenged. In the midst of a time when we’re rightly taking a lot of precautions to maintain our physical health, this series is all about getting relationally healthy.

Aug 24, 2025

18 min

During a time when we can’t see people in person much (or at all), our relationships have been challenged. In the midst of a time when we’re rightly taking a lot of precautions to maintain our physical health, this series is all about getting relationally healthy.

No matter who you are or where you are on your faith journey, you are welcome at New Roads.  We invite you to join us for worship any Sunday at St. Joseph in Belmont—especially if you haven't been to church in a while, and even if you don't think of church as "your thing."  Or join our Sunday livestream (10:30 ET) from anywhere in the world.  For more information about us, visit our website at www.newroadscatholic.org

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