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Episode 396
Friends, our Gospel for today is the evocative scene of Jesus healing a man who cannot hear and cannot speak. This man is beautifully symbolic of many in our culture today: we don’t listen to God, an…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
The Goodness—and Dangers—of the Law
Episode 395
Friends, as Americans, we have a very ambiguous relationship to law. On the one hand, we are a nation of independently minded people; we don’t like the law imposing itself on us. At the same time—let…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Do You Accept This Teaching?
Episode 394
Friends, we come now to the close of this great discourse of Jesus in the sixth chapter of John, where we see the aftereffects of his teaching on the Real Presence. The Eucharist is a standing or fal…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Really, Truly, and Substantially Present
Episode 393
Friends, we continue reading from the sixth chapter of John, this pivotal section of the New Testament where John lays out his Eucharistic theology. And we come today to the rhetorical high point of …
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Strength for the Journey
Episode 392
Friends, we’re continuing our reading of the sixth chapter of the Gospel of John, which is all about the Eucharist. And here’s my take on our reading for today: A long trip by car or plane can be unc…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Everything in This World Passes Away
Episode 391
Friends, in the midst of our country’s great Eucharistic Revival, we continue our reading of the sixth chapter of the Gospel of John. And this week, I want to reflect on a line that names something s…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
Where Heaven and Earth Meet
Episode 390
Friends, this Sunday we begin five weeks of Gospel readings from the sixth chapter of John, which is all about the Eucharist. Jesus will get into a lengthy discourse about the Eucharist, but it comme…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
The Shepherd Has Arrived
Episode 389
Friends the readings for this Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time are interwoven with each other in a very interesting way. I want to start with the first reading from Jeremiah, then look at the Gospel…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
The Earliest Moments of the Church
Episode 388
Friends, on this Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, our Gospel from the sixth chapter of Mark is Jesus sending the Twelve out on mission. These are the very earliest moments of the Church—in a way, t…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
A Thorn in the Flesh
Episode 387
Friends, on this Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, our second reading is from Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians. The focus of the reading is “a thorn in the flesh” that was given to Paul “to …
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago