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Bigger Barns or Treasure in Heaven?
Episode 138
The readings for this weekend have a tremendous cohesiveness. They all speak to a truth about our world that is hard to take in, that has to be repeated to each generation afresh, a truth that many o…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
Abba Father, Bring us Jesus
Episode 137
The Our Father, the Lord’s Prayer, is a request for Christ. As we examine this most famous prayer line by line, we see it's all about Jesus. That He might come and have communion with us is precisely…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
Martha, Mary, and the Attitude of Discipleship
Episode 136
Although the little story of Martha and Mary has been interpreted throughout the centuries as a parable dealing with the “active” and “contemplative” approach to the spiritual life, it can be read as…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
HEARING THE VOICE OF GOD
Episode 135
During the twentieth century, moral relativism was in vogue in elite cultural circles, but now it is the dominant moral outlook of the broader culture. Against this, C.S. Lewis argued for “the univer…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
Boasting in the Cross
Episode 134
St. Paul tells us in our second reading that he boasts in the cross of Jesus. To any of his hearers in the first century this would have sounded like madness. Paul can boast in this shameful thing pr…
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
Walking Truly and Completely with Him
Episode 133
In the Gospel for this Sunday, Jesus clarifies that all worldly goods find their value in relation to Him. If we believe Jesus is the only Son of God, we must place our grudges, personal desires, and…
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
Corpus Christi
Episode 132
The Church comes from the Eucharist for it is the sacrifice that makes saints. The Eucharist is essentially the fullest act of gratitude prefigured in Melchizedek finding its fulfillment in the sacri…
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
Begotten Not Made
Episode 131
Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. The Nicene Creed articulates the mystery of the Trinity with the wonderful phrase "begotten not made," meaning that the Son is not …
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
The Holy Spirit and Mission
Episode 130
Today we celebrate the great feast of Pentecost, one of the truly great moments in the life of the Church. The Holy Spirit comes to give many spiritual gifts, which prepare us to enter into relations…
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
The Ascension of Jesus
Episode 129
Too often we read the Ascension as the moment when Jesus “went away,” when he left us on our own and went off to heaven, where we hope some day to join him. But the Ascension is not Jesus going away;…
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago