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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, fo…
6 years, 7 months 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 …
6 years, 7 months 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 Thessa…
6 years, 7 months 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 tod…
6 years, 8 months 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, …
6 years, 8 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…
6 years, 8 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, c…
6 years, 8 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 th…
6 years, 9 months ago
Faith the Size of a Mustard Seed
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 …
6 years, 9 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 h…
6 years, 9 months ago