Podcast Episodes

Emmaus and Genesis

Episode 166

It is my privilege this third Sunday of Easter to preach on one of the most magnificent texts in the New Testament, a masterpiece within the masterpiece: the story of the two disciples on the road to…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Three Tasks of the Church

Episode 165

All throughout the Easter season, we will read at Mass from the wonderful Acts of the Apostles, St. Luke’s description of the adventures, challenges, and achievements of the early Christian community…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

God's Great Yes to Humanity

Easter Sunday represents God’s great yes to humanity. Throughout history, humanity has turned its back on God, but the Lord has constantly sent rescue operations to bring us back into community with …

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Into the Cacophony of Sin

On Palm Sunday, we are privileged to listen to one of the great Passion narratives. In Matthew’s account, we see Jesus as a still-point in the maelstrom, as God’s fidelity amidst a cacophony of sin. …

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago

Let Him Go

The great Lenten readings for Cycle A move in a kind of crescendo from thirst, to blindness, to death—all metaphors for spiritual dysfunction. This Sunday’s Gospel deals with death through the story …

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago

A Man After God’s Own Heart

Episode 164

Our first reading for this weekend gives us a glimpse of one of the most powerful texts in the Bible—indeed, one of the truly great literary works that has come down to us from the ancient world. I’m…

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago

By the Waters of Meribah

Episode 163

Our first reading for today is the famous quarreling of Israel by the waters of Meribah in the book of Exodus. We find the chosen people in the midst of the desert—which is to say, in the process of …

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago

Listening to a Higher Voice

Episode 162

Last week, we looked at the familiar material from the third chapter of Genesis. God’s human creatures fell, precisely in the measure that they stopped listening to the voice of God and listened to t…

Published on 5 years, 9 months ago

The Disobedience of Adam and Eve

Episode 161

We enter once more into the very holy season of Lent: a time of preparation; a desert time; a time of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving; a time to return to the basics. And so how wonderful that the Ch…

Published on 5 years, 10 months ago

Be Holy

Episode 160

As we continue our focus on the Old Testament texts, we turn this week to the nineteenth chapter of the book of Leviticus. As the name suggests, the book has a good deal to do with the Levites, who w…

Published on 5 years, 10 months ago