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Back to SearchGo Meet John the Baptist
Episode 304
Friends, on the second Sunday of Advent, the Church invites us to go meet the great Advent figure of John the Baptist. All the details of our Gospel—…
3 years, 7 months ago
An Advent Challenge
Episode 303
Friends, Happy New Year's Day! We come today to the beginning of a liturgical year—the first Sunday of Advent. There is a sort of a permanent Advent …
3 years, 7 months ago
King of All, Warrior of Mercy
Episode 302
Friends, we come to the great feast of Christ the King, which is always the last Sunday of the liturgical year. Think of the king coming at the end o…
3 years, 7 months ago
The Shaking of Three Worlds
Episode 301
Friends, as we come toward the end of the liturgical year, we begin to look at the apocalyptic writings in the Bible. What’s indeed revealed is the e…
3 years, 8 months ago
The Reality of Life After Death
Episode 300
Friends, our first reading and our Gospel for this weekend have a special resonance for our time because they both speak clearly about life after dea…
3 years, 8 months ago
You Have Been Loved Into Being
Episode 299
Friends, our first reading from the book of Wisdom makes an extraordinarily important observation that’s of both theological and philosophical signif…
3 years, 8 months ago
Finish the Race
Episode 298
Friends, our second reading this week is from Paul’s Second Letter to Timothy—one of the last letters we have from St. Paul. Now toward the end of hi…
3 years, 8 months ago
The Spiritual Life Is a Battle
Episode 297
Friends, our first reading for this Sunday is about a battle between Israel and the Amalekites. To many of us today, this appears to be either an irr…
3 years, 8 months ago
Where You Stumble, Dig for Treasure
Episode 296
Friends, our first reading for this Sunday is a section of the marvelous story of Naaman the Syrian from the Second Book of Kings. The spiritual less…
3 years, 9 months ago
Stand Strong in the Spirit
Episode 295
Friends, this week, our second reading is from Paul’s Second Letter to Timothy. From prison, Paul writes to Timothy—the master to the disciple, the m…
3 years, 9 months ago