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Episode 152
On this third Sunday of Advent, we hear for the first time this season of the great figure of John the Baptist. It’s not really possible to understand Jesus apart from his precursor. All four Gospels…
Published on 6 years ago
The Messiah’s Work
Episode 151
Last week, I spoke of preparing for the coming of the Lord using the great image from the second chapter of Isaiah: the Lord’s holy mountain. How do we make this mountain the highest mountain? On thi…
Published on 6 years ago
Getting the House in Order
Episode 150
We come once again to Advent, the beginning of the liturgical year and the great season of waiting. Christian life has a permanent Advent quality, for we are always expecting the coming of the Lord. …
Published on 6 years, 1 month ago
March in the Army of the True King
Episode 1
It is extraordinarily significant that the liturgical year ends with the feast of Christ the King. For this great fact—that Jesus Christ is the king of the world—is indeed the culmination of the bibl…
Published on 6 years, 1 month ago
A Theology of Work
Episode 1
I’m pretty sure that in thirty years of priesthood, I’ve never preached on this Sunday’s short second reading from Paul’s second letter to the Thessalonians. And what a little gem it is! Isn’t it fas…
Published on 6 years, 1 month ago
The Martyrs and a Higher World
Episode 1
The story conveyed in our first reading from the second book of Maccabees is one that resonates up and down the ages, that still stirs our hearts today. It’s the story of a martyr’s death. We can tal…
Published on 6 years, 1 month ago
The Love of Predilection
Episode 1
In Luke’s Gospel we read the story of Jesus and Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus, as chief tax collector, was considered a very bad man in first-century Israel, but Christ greets him with love. It is the love of…
Published on 6 years, 2 months ago
Paul at the End of the Race
Episode 149
Our gorgeous and deeply moving second reading this week is taken from Paul’s second letter to Timothy. I wonder whether I might invite especially the elders among us to attend carefully to this lette…
Published on 6 years, 2 months ago
Persistence in Prayer
Episode 148
The Bible and the great Tradition are massively interested in prayer, especially the prayer of petition. There are many types of prayer—meditation, contemplation, adoration, etc.—but the most basic a…
Published on 6 years, 2 months ago
The Path to Healing Is a Humble Path
Episode 147
I have always loved the story of Naaman the Syrian, which is found in the second book of Kings, as part of the Elisha cycle of readings. It is, on the surface at least, a very simple narrative, but i…
Published on 6 years, 2 months ago