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Episode 286
Friends, all three of our readings Sunday speak of a primordial spiritual truth—namely, the need to detach oneself from the goods of the world. This has nothing to do with a hatred of the world or a …
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
What Is the Lord’s Prayer About?
Episode 285
Friends, our Gospel for today is St. Luke’s version of the Lord’s Prayer, the Our Father. This prayer, which is probably recited millions of times a day all over the world, includes some of the best-…
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
Focus on the One Thing Necessary
Episode 284
Friends, the Gospel for this Sunday is the wonderful story of Martha and Mary. But the Church sets this up in a really interesting way by giving us a first reading from Genesis 18—the mysterious stor…
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
Christ Can Heal Us
Episode 283
Friends, the Gospel for this Sunday is one of Jesus’ best-known parables: the story of the Good Samaritan. Karl Barth, who learned it from the Church Fathers, taught that every parable of Jesus, at t…
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
How Will You Evangelize Today?
Episode 282
Friends, as we continue now our reading of the Gospel of Luke, we have today a great portrait of the Church—what the Church looks like, what its central concerns are, and what the demands upon it are…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
How Will You Evangelize Today?
Episode 282
Friends, as we continue now our reading of the Gospel of Luke, we have today a great portrait of the Church—what the Church looks like, what its central concerns are, and what the demands upon it are…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Following Jesus Comes First
Episode 281
Friends, I’m going to be blunt with you: today’s Gospel is really challenging. It cuts right to the heart of the ethical implications of the Gospel. There's something of a “be all, end all” quality a…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Sacrifice, Covenant, Banquet
Episode 280
Friends, we come this weekend to the Feast of Corpus Christi, the Body and the Blood of Christ. The Eucharist, as Vatican II famously said, is the source and summit of the Christian life—that from wh…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
What Is the Trinity?
Episode 279
Friends, Trinity Sunday has been called “the preacher’s nightmare.” But while the Trinity remains a supreme mystery, Thomas Aquinas used a basic principle that helps us to get at it: beings, at all l…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Seek the Mark of the Spirit
Episode 278
Friends, Happy Pentecost Sunday! On this great celebration of the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, meditating upon the number three will tell us a lot of what we need to know about the S…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago