
Episodes

Sunday Aug 24, 2014
Inscrutable and Faithful
Sunday Aug 24, 2014
Sunday Aug 24, 2014
The God of Israel is mysterious and inscrutable and at the same time is totally faithful and loving. Like the children of a loving parent, we might not always be able to understand God's plan but we can rest assured knowing that He always loves us and will always take care of us.

Sunday Aug 17, 2014
How Great Is Your Faith
Sunday Aug 17, 2014
Sunday Aug 17, 2014
The story of the persistent Canaanite woman has intrigued and puzzled Christians for two thousand years. Why would Jesus treat this pious woman with what seems like indifference, even hostility? Why does he refuse (it seems) to answer our own prayers? The solution can be found in the very Biblical category of testing.

Sunday Aug 10, 2014
Elijah and Peter
Sunday Aug 10, 2014
Sunday Aug 10, 2014
Elijah is a contemplative who has the eyes to see and the ears to listen. God does not appear in the glory of the world. Rather, he appears in a silent way. Weed out of your heart all of those fears and desires that prevent you from discerning the silent presence of God.

Sunday Aug 03, 2014
Grace
Sunday Aug 03, 2014
Sunday Aug 03, 2014
Our readings for this weekend are filled with grace, the free gift that God is. Our relationship with God gets off on the wrong foot the moment we see it in an "economic" or calculating way. God, who needs nothing from us, simply wants to share his life with us. And this is why he says, through the prophet Isaiah, "All you who are thirsty, come to the water!"

Sunday Jul 27, 2014
Solomon's Prayer
Sunday Jul 27, 2014
Sunday Jul 27, 2014
God says to Solomon in our first reading, "Ask for anything, and I will give it to you." What would you say if you heard that invitation? Solomon asks for wisdom and not for wealth or power or victory. Find out why that answer is so pleasing to God.

Sunday Jul 20, 2014
Three Parables; Three Spiritual Lessons
Sunday Jul 20, 2014
Sunday Jul 20, 2014
Jesus' parables in today's Gospel tell us how and why the Kingdom of God emerges. It does so often through struggle, quietly and clandestinely, and through infiltration rather than direct confrontation.

Sunday Jul 13, 2014
The Prodigal Sower
Sunday Jul 13, 2014
Sunday Jul 13, 2014
God sows his Word into each of our hearts liberally. He does not solely give his grace to those he knows will bear fruit. He sows the Word in everyone, but it doesn't flourish for each person due to circumstances (secularism, anxiety, the allurement of the world), but strive to counter that by letting the Word open you to the implications of his Lordship. God is always giving himself to you, listen and act.

Sunday Jul 06, 2014
The Yoke's On Me
Sunday Jul 06, 2014
Sunday Jul 06, 2014
What is it like to have Christ for a king? All three of this Sunday's readings examine this very question in some way. The answer is to submit to his kingship and accept his yoke upon your shoulders to make your life an offering to his plan.

Sunday Jun 29, 2014
Peter and Paul
Sunday Jun 29, 2014
Sunday Jun 29, 2014
This week gives us an opportunity to reflect on the legacies of Peter and Paul, two of the most important figures in the history of the Church. While they were different in various ways—Peter is the archetype of the order and office of the Church, and Paul represents theology and evangelization—they are united in their love of Jesus and are celebrated together for this reason.

Sunday Jun 22, 2014
Bread in the Desert
Sunday Jun 22, 2014
Sunday Jun 22, 2014
All of us are on a spiritual journey from sin to salvation. Like the Israelites longing for a return to Egypt, many of us occasionally desire our old addictions, providing the anxious ego with comfort and security. Far from Egypt, the Promised Land is the spiritual space of complete dependence upon God. But the Israelites are not there yet. They need to eat the manna from heaven. For Catholics, this is the Eucharist. It is the means to getting God’s divine life within us.