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Episode 194
Our first reading for this weekend from the book of Wisdom might easily slip past or through your mind, but it shouldn’t. It articulates what is argu…
5 years, 8 months ago
The Law of Israel
Episode 192
A careful reading of the Torah, the first five books of the Old Testament, reveals that Israelite identity was determined through three sets of laws:…
5 years, 8 months ago
Between Indifferentism and Tribalism
Episode 191
Our first reading for this weekend is taken from that wonderful middle section of the book of the prophet Isaiah. This particular passage is fascinat…
5 years, 8 months ago
Isaiah and God’s Holy Mountain
Episode 190
Throughout the book of the prophet Isaiah, there are references to God’s holy mountain. In the twenty-fifth chapter of Isaiah, we have still another …
5 years, 9 months ago
The Lord’s Vineyard
Episode 189
Our first reading, taken from the fifth chapter of the prophet Isaiah, presents a classic trope within the Israelite tradition: the image of the vine…
5 years, 9 months ago
What Kind of Person Will You Be?
Episode 188
Our first reading for this weekend is taken from the eighteenth chapter of the book of the prophet Ezekiel—one of the four major prophets, along with…
5 years, 9 months ago
The Strangeness of God
Episode 187
Our very brief first reading is taken from the magnificent fifty-fifth chapter of the book of the prophet Isaiah. This section of Isaiah—which stretc…
5 years, 9 months ago
Hugging Anger
Episode 186
Our first reading—taken from the twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth chapters of the marvelous book of Sirach, called in older Bibles the book of Eccles…
5 years, 10 months ago
Correcting a Brother
Episode 185
The Gospel for today addresses an issue of tremendous practical importance—namely, whether and how we ought to engage in fraternal correction. This i…
5 years, 10 months ago