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Episode 455
Friends, for this Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time, we are treated to the wonderful and deeply challenging parable of the Pharisee and the publican …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
The Power of Prayer
Episode 454
Friends, when something tragic happens and people offer their prayers, you’ll often hear now, “I've had it with thoughts and prayers. We have to act.…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
The Gospel Is Jesus Christ
Episode 453
Friends, in our second reading this Sunday, Paul writes to Timothy, “Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David: such is my g…
7 months ago
Trust in God’s Plan
Episode 452
Friends, this Sunday, I want to talk to you once again about faith. As I’ve said before, faith is the most misunderstood word in the religious vocabu…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Love for the Poor
Episode 451
Friends, Pope Benedict XVI memorably told us that the Church does three essential things: It worships God, it evangelizes, and it serves the poor. Th…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
The Use—and Abuse—of Power
Episode 450
Friends, for this Twenty-fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time, I want to focus on the first and second readings. When read together, they give us a very goo…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Christ, and Him Crucified
Episode 449
Friends, this year, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross falls on a Sunday, so we have the great privilege of reflecting a bit more deeply o…
8 months ago
Are You Ready for Serious Discipleship?
Episode 448
Friends, for this Twenty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time, we’re reading from the fourteenth chapter of Luke—and it is very serious spiritual business. …
8 months, 1 week ago
Don’t Play the Pride Game
Episode 447
Friends, for this Twenty-second Sunday of Ordinary Time, I want to talk to you about a very important theme—namely, pride and its antidote. I don’t k…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Does God Punish Us?
Episode 446
Friends, I want to focus this week on the second reading, which is from the marvelous Letter to the Hebrews. It addresses a very important and very c…
8 months, 3 weeks ago