Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on SoundOn Readings Here The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Deuteronomy 8:2–3, 14b–16a; 1 Corinthians 10:16–17; John 6:51–58 Sometimes people say: “If only Jesus were here today.” If only He walked our streets. If only He entered our church. If only we could see His face, touch His cloak, fall at His feet, ask for mercy, ask for healing, ask for life. ...
Come and Dwell in Us
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on SoundOn Readings Here Saturday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time 2 Timothy 4:1–8 Paul is near the end. His race is almost finished. His blood is about to be poured out. If tradition is right, he will die in Rome, beheaded for Christ. And before he leaves this world, he writes to Timothy. ...
A Book Like No Other
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on SoundOn Readings Here Friday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr 2 Timothy 3:10–17 My Bible was printed in 1975. Five years later, it found its way into my hands. Since then, it has stayed with me. It has travelled with me. It has aged with me. It has carried my notes, my questions, my underlinings, my silences. ...
A Life worth living
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on SoundOn Readings Here Thursday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time 2 Timothy 2:8–15 “Enjoy your life.” We hear it everywhere. In advertisements. In songs. On social media. In casual advice. Enjoy it, because life is short. Travel more. Buy more. Experience more. Protect your comfort. Do what makes you happy. ...
The Real Life
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on SoundOn Readings Here Wednesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs 2 Timothy 1:1–3, 6–12 Paul is in prison. He is old. He is tired. He is lonely. He knows his life is coming close to the end. And from that place, he writes to Timothy, his beloved disciple. ...
The World Made New
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on SoundOn Readings Here Tuesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time 2 Peter 3:12–15a, 17–18 Sometimes we look at the world and wonder: How long can this go on? So much noise. So much anger. So much waste. So much beauty being wounded. The earth is still beautiful. The sea still shines. The mountains still stand. The trees still breathe. The morning still comes like a quiet gift from God. ...
From Faith to Love
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on SoundOn Readings Here Monday, Memorial of Saint Justin, Martyr 2 Peter 1:2–7 Have you heard these words? “Faith without works is dead.” And how about these? “Faith works through love.” These words come from two disciples of Jesus: James and Paul. Today Peter says something very close. He takes us on a journey— from faith to love. ...
God So Loved This World
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on SoundOn Readings Here Trinity Sunday Exodus 34:4b–6, 8–9; 2 Corinthians 13:11–13; John 3:16–18 “For God so loved the world.” We know the sentence. Maybe too well. We have heard it in churches. Seen it on posters. Read it on signs. Sung it in songs. But do we still feel its wonder? ...
Remember the Words
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on SoundOn Readings Here Saturday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Jude 17 Jude gives a simple command: Remember. In Greek: mnēsthēte. But this is not weak memory. Not “try not to forget.” Not “think about the past.” It means: bring it back before your heart, hold it before you, let it guide you now. ...
A House That Can Hold Us
Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on SoundOn Readings Here Friday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time 1 Peter 4:7–13 How do you build a community that does not fall apart? Peter gives three stones: agapē, philoxenia, diakonia. Love. Hospitality. Service. First: agapē. Not desire. Not comfort. Not only friendship. Not only family feeling. Agapē is the love of Christ. ...