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Episode 386
Friends, there’s something Hemingway-esque about Mark’s Gospel—something very direct and uncomplicated. But in another sense, he shows great literary…
1 year, 10 months ago
Peace in the Storm
Episode 385
Friends, our Gospel for today is Mark’s account of the stilling of the sea. We know the basic structure of the story: Jesus is in the boat with the d…
1 year, 10 months ago
See Things Differently
Episode 384
Friends, people of faith just see things differently. They see what the nonbeliever sees—they read history and watch the news and see what’s going on…
1 year, 11 months ago
What Is Sin?
Episode 383
Friends, we return now to Ordinary Time, and this Sunday, the Church gives us such a fundamentally important reading from the third chapter of the bo…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Power of Eucharistic Adoration
Episode 382
Friends, we come to the great Feast of Corpus Christi—the Body and Blood of Christ. This year, as the Church in the US is going through a lengthy Euc…
1 year, 11 months ago
Three Ways of Approaching the Trinity
Episode 381
Friends, we come once again to Trinity Sunday. The Church has reflected very deeply on who God is, and this great doctrine of the Trinity has emerged…
1 year, 11 months ago
Fruits of the Spirit, Works of the Flesh
Episode 380
Friends, we come to the Feast of Pentecost, the great celebration of the Holy Spirit. I want to focus on our second reading from the fifth chapter of…
1 year, 11 months ago
Get to Work!
Episode 379
Friends, today we come to the wonderful Feast of the Ascension of the Lord. Like the disciples in our first reading, we often want to ask the Lord, “…
2 years ago
Hints of the Holy Spirit
Episode 378
Friends, we’re getting very close to Pentecost, the great feast of the descent of the Spirit. And on this Sixth Sunday of Easter, the Church gives us…
2 years ago
It’s Time for Some Pruning
Episode 377
Friends, the Lord Jesus Christ is not a teacher from a distant age, not someone from long ago we remember fondly, not a moral exemplar; rather, he is…
2 years ago