Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA God of Relentless Mercy
The God of the Bible is infinitely demanding and infinitely merciful. Jesus said, "Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect," and he taught us t…
21 years, 4 months ago
Spiritual Shock Therapy
The world of grasping, competition, violence, and egotism is the "real" world, right? And if I were to suggest that we can live in radical non-violen…
21 years, 4 months ago
The Trouble With Honor
Some people organize their lives around the love of money; others do so around the love of pleasure or power. Still others make honor--the esteem of …
21 years, 4 months ago
Training in the Divine School
In the years following the Second Vatican Council, we became very hesitant ever to invoke the category of the divine punishment. Yet, this motif can …
21 years, 4 months ago
Walking the Path of Faith
Our second reading this week is from the 11th chapter of the letter to the Hebrews, and it concerns that central virtue of the Christian life: faith.…
21 years, 5 months ago
The Wisdom of Qoheleth
Our first reading for this Sunday is taken from the wonderful book of Ecclesiastes. This Biblical text is made up of the cranky reflections of Qohele…
21 years, 5 months ago
The Ways of Prayer
The Bible speaks often of prayer, that intimate communion and conversation with God. Our readings for this Sunday present, if I can put it this way, …
21 years, 5 months ago
The One Thing Necessary
Both our first reading and Gospel for this week speak of the importance of keeping our attention riveted on God. The three angels visit Abraham, and …
21 years, 5 months ago
The Good Samaritan
The story of the Good Samaritan is not merely a morality tale, an account of the kind of life we should lead. It is that, but, at the deepest level, …
21 years, 6 months ago
A Portrait of the Church
Our Gospel reading for this Sunday is the account of Jesus' sending of the seventy-two disciples. In the instructions he gives them, we can discern a…
21 years, 6 months ago