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Episode 474
Friends, on this Third Sunday of Lent, we hear the story from John’s Gospel of the woman at the well—a kind of master class in evangelization. What i…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Adventure of Salvation
Episode 473
Friends, on this Second Sunday of Lent, our first reading about Abraham and Matthew’s account of the Transfiguration orient us to a basic biblical pr…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Serpent’s Slogans
Episode 472
Friends, we commence the holy and wonderful season of Lent, the time of preparation for Easter. I always think of Lent as something like spring train…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Which Path Will You Choose?
Episode 471
Friends, this Sunday, right before the commencement of Lent, the Church is giving us something of great moment to reflect on—namely, the centrality o…
3 months ago
Become Someone for Others
Episode 470
Friends, a great professor of mine at Mundelein Seminary, Dr. Richard Issel, once said, “If you want to be happy, stop worrying about being happy and…
3 months, 1 week ago
Do You Want to Be Happy?
Episode 469
Friends, for the next several weeks, we’re going to be reading in our Gospel from the primal teaching of Jesus: the Sermon on the Mount. And we begin…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Unity in Christ
Episode 468
Friends for this Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, our first reading from the prophet Isaiah and our Gospel from Matthew both have a section that’s a li…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Unity in Christ
Episode 468
Friends for this Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, our first reading from the prophet Isaiah and our Gospel from Matthew both have a section that’s a li…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Lamb Who Takes Away the Sin of the World
Episode 467
Friends, we return now to Ordinary Time, and the Church asks us again to think about the baptism of the Lord, this time in light of Saint John’s dist…
4 months ago
Side by Side with Sinners
Episode 466
Friends, we come to this wonderful feast of the baptism of the Lord. And the first thing to know is that this was a profoundly embarrassing event for…
4 months, 1 week ago