Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFaith and the Reasoning of the Religious Mind
God cannot be analyzed scientifically the way one would study the things of the world, but God can be approached through religious reasoning, or Fait…
12 years, 10 months ago
The Great Yes and The Great No
Very often we find ourselves drawn towards extremes: puritanism or hedonism, idolizing the world or demonizing the world. The proper Catholic balance…
12 years, 11 months ago
Kingdom Prayer
How central is the Lord's Prayer to Christianity! Basically this prayer is about ordering ourselves to God and letting his way of being order all lev…
12 years, 11 months ago
Boasting in the Cross
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…
13 years ago
The Sin of David
Today's first reading describes the sin of David with Bathsheba, David's attempts to cover up his crime, and the subsequent punishment for his sin. E…
13 years ago
Making Something From Nothing
This week's readings are for the people who feel that they have no hope. Even in the darkest of times, God can create something from nothing and can …
13 years, 1 month ago
The Gift of the Eucharist
The Church comes from the Eucharist for it is the sacrifice that makes saints. The Eucharist is essentially the fullest act of gratitude prefigured i…
13 years, 1 month ago
Pentecost and Sinai
This week is the great feast of Pentecost. Christ rules his Church from Heaven by sending his Spirit into the Church all over the world. We participa…
13 years, 1 month ago
No Temple in the New Jerusalem
In this week's reading from the Book of Revelation the narrator describes the arrival of the Holy City of the New Jerusalem. The visionary sees a gre…
13 years, 2 months ago
Fishers of Men
Today's reading from the Gospel of John offers a compelling meditation about the importance of Christ for the activities of the Church. Christians ar…
13 years, 2 months ago