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Episode 174
Today I have the special pleasure of preaching on a passage from the prophet Jeremiah, someone that we hear from relatively rarely throughout the lit…
6 years ago
Supersubstantial Bread
Episode 173
This is the first celebration of Corpus Christi—the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ—after the Pew Forum study showing that 70% of Catholics…
6 years ago
The Strange Doctrine of the Trinity
Episode 172
Today we come to the wonderful Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. The Trinity: the strangest and most distinctive of all of the doctrines of Christi…
6 years, 1 month ago
The Birthday of the Church: One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic
Episode 171
On this great feast of Pentecost, I would like to say “happy birthday” to every Catholic listening to me, for we hold, in our traditional theology, t…
6 years, 1 month ago
The Ascension of the Lord
Episode 170
We come today to the great Feast of the Ascension of the Lord, which sheds so much light on who we are as Christians and what we are supposed to be a…
6 years, 1 month ago
Give a Reason for the Hope That Is in You
Episode 169
For this sixth Sunday of Easter, I would like to continue with the first letter of St. Peter, which is our second reading for this weekend. Peter say…
6 years, 1 month ago
An Icon of the Church
Episode 168
For this fifth Sunday of the Easter season, I should like to return to our consideration of the Acts of the Apostles. Our passage for today is taken …
6 years, 2 months ago
Suffering for Doing Good
Episode 167
For this fourth Sunday of Easter, I would like to concentrate on our second reading, which is from the first letter of Peter, a beautiful text that w…
6 years, 2 months ago
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 masterpi…
6 years, 2 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,…
6 years, 2 months ago