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Judgment and Love
Episode 41
If there is one absolute in our secular culture today it is non-judgmentalism. Some people, seeking to defend this point of view from a Biblical pers…
8 years, 4 months ago
Jeremiah and the Word of God
Episode 40
I’ve always loved the prophet Jeremiah, and not just as a literary/spiritual figure, but as a person. He was known as the “weeping prophet” and his n…
8 years, 4 months ago
The Inscrutable God
Episode 39
I want to concentrate this week on our second reading, which is a very brief passage from Paul’s magnificent letter to the Romans. It comes at the en…
8 years, 4 months ago
A Religion of Grace
Episode 38
Christians have said for centuries that everything is a grace, that no one deserves anything, and therefore we should never complain about inequities…
8 years, 4 months ago
The Silent Presence of God
Episode 37
Elijah is a contemplative who has the eyes to see and the ears to listen. God does not appear in the glory of the world. Rather, he appears in a sile…
8 years, 5 months ago
Transfiguration and Deification
Episode 36
The Transfiguration signals the purpose of religion. The first thing we notice is that Jesus' appearance becomes more beautiful. Second, in his trans…
8 years, 5 months ago
All Things Work Together for Good
Episode 35
Our second reading for this weekend is taken from the end of the eighth chapter of Paul’s magnificent letter to the Romans. In this great book of the…
8 years, 5 months ago
Wheat, Seed, and Leaven
Episode 34
The Gospel for this Sunday is taken from the 13th Chapter of the Gospel of Matthew and it features three marvelous parables of Jesus. How rich are th…
8 years, 5 months ago
The Fecundity of Your Heart
Episode 33
God sows his Word into each of our hearts liberally. He does not solely give his grace to those he knows will bear fruit. He sows the Word in everyon…
8 years, 5 months ago
The Yoke Upon Your Shoulders
Episode 32
What is it like to have Christ for a king? All three of this Sunday's readings examine this very question in some way. The answer is to submit to his…
8 years, 6 months ago