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Back to SearchThe Lessons of Naaman
The story of Naaman the Syrian is not terribly well-known, but it contains some marvelous spiritual lessons for all of us. It tells us of the importa…
18 years, 7 months ago
The Lament of Habakkuk
The prophet Habbakuk expresses what most of us feel at some point in our lives: how can God be so indifferent to suffering? Listen carefully to the a…
18 years, 7 months ago
The Poor At Our Gate
Another homily from Fr. Robert Barron and Word on Fire Catholic Ministries.
18 years, 7 months ago
Loss Of A Sabbath Consciousness
Another homily from Fr. Robert Barron and Word on Fire Catholic Ministries.
18 years, 7 months ago
The Reckless Abandon of God’s Love
God does not love as we do, in a calculating manner. He makes his sun to shine on the good and the bad alike and his rain to fall on the just and the…
18 years, 7 months ago
The Path of Dispossession
Jesus tells us that we must get rid of all of our possessions, including the people that we have turned into possessions. It is in this sense that he…
18 years, 8 months ago
The Addiction of Honor
The lust for honor interrupts the great banquet that God wants us to enjoy. This is why Jesus interrupts the interruption in today's Gospel, urging p…
18 years, 8 months ago
Jacob Neusner, Benedict XVI, and the Vocation of Israel
In his new book, Pope Benedict engages in a fascinating dialogue with the American rabbi Jacob Neusner on the identity and meaning of Jesus. In this …
18 years, 8 months ago
Trusting the Darkness
Authentic faith has nothing to do with credulity or intellectual naivte. It has everything to do with placing one's trust in the God whom we cannot, …
18 years, 9 months ago
The Lessons of Qoheleth
Both our first reading and Gospel function as a slap in the face, cold water, a wake-up call. They show how passing, ephemeral, and unreliable are th…
18 years, 9 months ago