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Episode 423
Friends our Gospel for the Second Sunday of Lent this year is Luke’s account of the Transfiguration. And it opens up something that is marvelous and …
1 year, 3 months ago
Three Questions to Ask Yourself During Lent
Episode 422
Friends, we come to the holy season of Lent. Pascal said that most of us go through life diverting and distracting ourselves so that we don’t come to…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Revolution of the Resurrection
Episode 421
Friends, for this Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, the Church gives us the opportunity, in our second reading from 1 Corinthians 15, to reflect on the…
1 year, 4 months ago
Give Expecting Nothing Back
Episode 420
Friends, our Gospel for today is from the Sermon on the Plain, which is Luke's version of Matthew's Sermon on the Mount, and it’s not only saying som…
1 year, 4 months ago
Place Your Heart in God
Episode 419
Friends, on this Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, we have the first reading from the prophet Jeremiah in tandem with the Gospel from Luke’s Sermon on t…
1 year, 4 months ago
Graced Sinners on Mission
Episode 418
Friends, for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, the Church gives us a wonderful pairing of readings: the first reading from the sixth chapter of Isai…
1 year, 5 months ago
God Returns to His Temple
Episode 417
Friends, it’s easy enough to sentimentalize the Feast of the Presentation. But we oughtn’t to, because this story is getting at, if I can put it this…
1 year, 5 months ago
You Can’t Give What You Don’t Have
Episode 416
Friends, on this Third Sunday of Ordinary Time, I want to talk to you about walls and bridges. There is a tendency today to be simplistic and one-sid…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Marriage of Divinity and Humanity
Episode 415
Friends, we return now to Ordinary Time, and this Sunday, we hear the marvelous story of the wedding feast at Cana from the Gospel of John. It's as t…
1 year, 5 months ago
Why Was Jesus Baptized?
Episode 414
Friends, the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord is exceptionally important. All four Gospels talk about it, and John the Baptist is a kind of door we h…
1 year, 6 months ago