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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…
9 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…
9 months, 1 week 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…
9 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…
9 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…
9 months, 4 weeks 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. …
10 months 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…
10 months, 1 week 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…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Christ Came to Cast Fire Upon the Earth
Episode 445
Friends, the title of my ministry, Word on Fire, came from our Gospel for today. Jesus says to his disciples, “I have come to set the earth on fire, …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
What Is Faith?
Episode 444
Friends, on this Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, our second reading from the Letter to the Hebrews offers us a great biblical description of fait…
11 months ago