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Episode 146
Last week, I plunged for the second time into the world of the Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything). I can’t tell you how many participants in the AMA posed some version of this question: How could an all-lo…
Published on 6 years, 3 months ago
Don’t Forget the Poor
Episode 145
When the conclave of 2013 was finishing up, and Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope, Cardinal Hummes of Brazil came up to him and whispered into his ear: “Don't forget the poor.” In emphasizing “a…
Published on 6 years, 3 months ago
Yes and No to Power
Episode 144
Our first and second readings for this weekend beautifully sum up the Church’s classical attitude toward those in power. I’ve long argued that the most influential philosopher of the nineteenth centu…
Published on 6 years, 3 months ago
A Coin, A Sheep, A Son
Episode 1
Our Gospel for today gives us three classic parables, each one exploring the notion that is at the very heart of the spiritual life—namely, that God is the one who searches for us. Why would God fret…
Published on 6 years, 3 months ago
The Cost of Discipleship
Episode 143
Our Gospel for today is breathtaking, first for what it says about Jesus and second for what it says about us. Jesus compels a choice the way no other figure does. Either he is who he says he is, or …
Published on 6 years, 3 months ago
Ignatian Detachment
Episode 142
It was a particular joy for me to visit the sites associated with St. Ignatius of Loyola on a recent film trip. But the most moving locale was a little church in Manresa built around the cave where t…
Published on 6 years, 4 months ago
The Narrow Gate
Episode 141
The topic of the Gospel for today—the question of how many will be saved—stirs up such passionate feelings in people, and there is such enormous disagreement about it. Luke tells us that Jesus is mak…
Published on 6 years, 4 months ago
Fate of the Prophet
Episode 140
Our readings for today develop a theme that is uncomfortable. Authentically religious people, authentically spiritual people, will almost always be opposed. The logic behind this is simple and unansw…
Published on 6 years, 4 months ago
Fate of the Prophet
Episode 18
Our readings for today develop a theme that is uncomfortable. Authentically religious people, authentically spiritual people, will almost always be opposed. The logic behind this is simple and unansw…
Published on 6 years, 4 months ago
The Hero’s Journey
Episode 139
The Jungian psychologist Jordan Peterson is, in many ways, an early twenty-first century version of Joseph Campbell, and perhaps the central archetype that they both explored is that of the hero’s jo…
Published on 6 years, 4 months ago