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Episode 246
Friends, God is not satisfied to be in the background of your life. The Lord your God is the Lord alone, so love him with everything you've got—your whole heart, your whole soul, and all your strengt…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Are You Blinded by Cities of Sin?
Episode 245
Friends, in today’s Gospel, we hear the marvelous story of the healing of blind Bartimaeus—an icon of tremendous power and a sacred picture of the spiritual life and the process of salvation. We all …
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Do You Really Want What God Wants?
Episode 244
Friends, power and honor, in and of themselves, are not a bad thing, but we wreak havoc when we ask for them in the wrong spirit. When we beseech the Lord with our desires, let us ask for what God wa…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
It’s Time for a Radical Choice
Episode 243
Friends, in our first reading today, Solomon finds that all the power and wealth of the world are nothing compared to the gift of wisdom—seeing life from the perspective of God. Although this gift se…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
How to Fall in Love
Episode 242
Friends, our readings this weekend have to do with biblical anthropology—or who we are in the presence of God—and the Christian understanding of marriage. A basic intuition of the Bible is that we be…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
We Just Don’t Get It
Episode 241
Friends, let us rejoice whenever the grace of God is on display. The point of the sacraments is so that God’s grace may flood the world, but the Lord can operate outside of our formal structures. He …
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
Envy Will Destroy Us
Episode 240
Friends, when envy takes over our spiritual lives, we sow disorder and disintegration. The life of Jesus is about self-emptying love; it is in this gift of self that we are called to live.
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
God Suffers for Us
Episode 239
Friends, with our readings from this weekend, we are on very holy ground because we're dealing with the imagery, symbolism, and theology of the suffering servant. Yes, he is the one who will bring Go…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
Have You Stopped Listening to Jesus?
Episode 238
Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus travels outside of Israel and heals a man of his deafness. Today, we live in a realm of spiritual deafness. We are bombarded with voices from outside, echoing around…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago
The Beauty of the Law
Episode 237
Friends, the more we revere something, the more we surround it with laws. The most important thing in our lives is to be in harmony with God, and so we follow his divine law. We must, with prudence a…
Published on 4 years, 4 months ago