Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFalling in Love With God
So many of us skeptical moderns--intellectual heirs of Descartes-- identify with doubting Thomas. We too struggle with faith, ask tough questions, wa…
21 years, 3 months ago
Lazarus, Come Out
Our God hates death. Through the prophet Ezekiel, he said, "I will open your graves and have you rise from them." Jesus came to end the reign of deat…
21 years, 3 months ago
The Man Born Blind
Blindness is a great Biblical symbol of spiritual blindness, the darkening and distortion of our vision. Jesus salves and washes the blind man in Joh…
21 years, 4 months ago
The Infinite Thirst
We are made for God, and therefore our hearts are restless until they rest in him. This longing is symbolized in the thirst of the woman at the well.…
21 years, 4 months ago
The Mystery of Light
On his way to Jerusalem, where he will be crucified, Jesus is transfigured before three of his disciples. This manifestation of glory, says Thomas Aq…
21 years, 4 months ago
Getting Back to Basics In the Spiritual Life
On this first Sunday of Lent, the Church asks us to get back to the spiritual basics. We are compelled to consider once again the story of the Fall. …
21 years, 4 months ago
Light of the World, Salt of the Earth
The purpose of the Church is essentially extraverted. It exists for the sake of sanctifying the world. Thus Jesus tells his followers to be light for…
21 years, 5 months ago
The Beatitudes: A Spiritual Program
In the great opening verses of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus lays out, in short order, his ethical and spiritual program. It turns all of our custom…
21 years, 5 months ago
They Abandoned Everything
Our Gospel passage for today, taken from the 4th chapter of Matthew's Gospel, recounts the story of the call of the first disciples. When they encoun…
21 years, 5 months ago
Called, Set Apart, Sent
Cultural commentator Robert Bellah has characterized the typical American approach to religion as individualistic and driven by the desire for person…
21 years, 5 months ago