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Episode 456
Friends, All Souls Day, November 2, falls on a Sunday this year, so we can really spend some time reflecting on this wonderful feast, which means so much to Catholic people. Why do we pray for the so…
Published on 11 hours ago
Are You Revolving Around God—Or God Around You?
Episode 455
Friends, for this Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time, we are treated to the wonderful and deeply challenging parable of the Pharisee and the publican from Luke 18. We are meant to see in this deceptiv…
Published on 1 week, 2 days ago
The Power of Prayer
Episode 454
Friends, when something tragic happens and people offer their prayers, you’ll often hear now, “I've had it with thoughts and prayers. We have to act.” In some extreme cases, people of prayer are mock…
Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago
The Gospel Is Jesus Christ
Episode 453
Friends, in our second reading this Sunday, Paul writes to Timothy, “Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David: such is my gospel.” The Gospel is not the ethical teachings of…
Published on 3 weeks, 2 days ago
Trust in God’s Plan
Episode 452
Friends, this Sunday, I want to talk to you once again about faith. As I’ve said before, faith is the most misunderstood word in the religious vocabulary. And both the first reading and the Gospel to…
Published on 1 month ago
Love for the Poor
Episode 451
Friends, Pope Benedict XVI memorably told us that the Church does three essential things: It worships God, it evangelizes, and it serves the poor. This week, the first reading from the prophet Amos a…
Published on 1 month ago
The Use—and Abuse—of Power
Episode 450
Friends, for this Twenty-fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time, I want to focus on the first and second readings. When read together, they give us a very good sense of Catholic social teaching in regard to t…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Christ, and Him Crucified
Episode 449
Friends, this year, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross falls on a Sunday, so we have the great privilege of reflecting a bit more deeply on this marvelous and, frankly, disconcerting and o…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Are You Ready for Serious Discipleship?
Episode 448
Friends, for this Twenty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time, we’re reading from the fourteenth chapter of Luke—and it is very serious spiritual business. A lot of us sinners are satisfied with a low-level…
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Don’t Play the Pride Game
Episode 447
Friends, for this Twenty-second Sunday of Ordinary Time, I want to talk to you about a very important theme—namely, pride and its antidote. I don’t know a spiritual teacher who doesn’t say that the f…
Published on 2 months ago