Podcast Episodes
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All things pass away. Political and religious institutions, the family, bodily health; nothing lasts. Everything dies. So often we seek our fulfillme…
15 years, 6 months ago
Eternal Life
Today's Gospel reading tells us about the Sadducees trying to lead Jesus into a ridiculous conclusion. To them the Jewish teaching on marriage seems …
15 years, 6 months ago
Salvation Has Come to This House
Zacchaeus is a man who has wandered far from God. But, often enough, people like Zacchaeus come back, again and again, to God because they cannot eli…
15 years, 6 months ago
Finding Justification
Religion serves a unitive purpose. In uniting the person to God, religion unites people together. However, many religious people forget religion's pu…
15 years, 6 months ago
Moses and Amalek
The church militant is the church at war with all the destructive powers that want to undermine its unity. The Israelites battle the people of Amalek…
15 years, 6 months ago
Naaman the Syrian
From the worldly perspective, the worst thing a powerful person can do is admit his/her weaknesses to others. If done so, the person loses his/her po…
15 years, 7 months ago
Rich Man, Poor Man
Most of us find the homeless to be unnerving and annoying, telling ourselves not to give them money because they might use it for drinks or drugs. Bu…
15 years, 7 months ago
A Warning Bell in the Night
Most of us spur into action when we believe that our financial state is in dire straits. Why don't we act in the same way in regards to our spiritual…
15 years, 7 months ago
Logic of Justice, Logic of Grace
The God Jesus describes does not operate according to the same logic we do. In fact, He seems to be crazy. If God is supposed to be like the Shepherd…
15 years, 8 months ago
The Hopeful Vision of Mass
The Letter to the Hebrews is a sustained reflection on the Mass as the source and summit of the Christian life and the pivot around which history tur…
15 years, 8 months ago