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I give you a new commandment, love one another

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 9:38


That's what we hear this weekend, but what does it mean for us specifically?

On Good Shepherd Sunday we celebrate a new shepherd

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 9:48


And he is a Southsider!!! AND a White Sox fan. We also give thanks for our mother!

Peter, do you love me?

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 9:31


Jesus asked that of Peter, and he asks it of us - and expects us to do something with that awareness.

Is Jesus here yet?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 12:33


That's what we hear the apostle, Thomas, ask, but we might ask ourselves.

Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 9:48


Here's a great response next time someone asks that question.

Why do bad things happen to good people?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 9:48


The readings on Palm Sunday give us the reason.

Another broadcast from Rome: What is a Missionary of Mercy?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 24:49


I interview one of my fellow missionaries, Fr. John Marie Devaney OP of the Eastern Province. John is also a fellow podcaster and has his own show on Sirius XM. You'll have to listen to the podcast to get the details.

A broadcast from Rome

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2025 10:15


This is recorded at the Basilica of San Clemente in Rome where I am attending the biannual meeting of the Missionaries of Mercy. In this broadcast I offer my reflections on my experiences and the hope that our Church and the world can see people of faith as builders of the kingdom of God in a troubled world.

How are we the face of Christ to the people in our lives?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 10:05


It's a big responsibility, but something each of us is called to?

God will lead us where we need to go....

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 7:28


....if we let God.

How will we find our happiness?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 9:43


It comes down to choices, and the choices are always are to make.

Special edition for Ash Wednesday

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 7:26


Fasting during Lent needs to be more than giving up - it is taking up - taking up the practices that can bring us closer to God.

We are each called to see the beam in our own eye first...

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 8:25


....and then to see, speak and act as if we are all disciples of Jesus Christ.

Love those who hate you, don't judge, don't resent, etc. etc. etc.

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 8:45


Are these teachings of Jesus realistic? Well, you tell me!!

How our vice-president gets Thomas Aquinas wrong

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 9:25


I think it is great when we draw on the wisdom of Thomas Aquinas in our public debate, but we need to get it right.

Is Jesus calling you to be a fisher of men and women?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 8:30


Who are the wisdom figures in our lives? Who is always there to extend a helping hand?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 10:46


The answers sometimes surprise, especially among the young.

What did Jesus say in his inaugural address?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 10:44


Our faith calls us to something more. To call ourselves Christians means we are to follow the example of Jesus Christ - to serve others - to seek to help the stranger and the forgotten - the sick and the lonely.

Broadcast from Italy on the wedding at Cana

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 8:13


What does our love look like? A podcast from Italy

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 10:20


What does our love look like? I am broadcasting from Italy.

Filling in some of the gaps in my life's story

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 24:38


The death of my friend, mentor, and hero, Bishop William Higi, has inspired me to talk about the challenges I faced in seeking ordination and the role Bishop Higi played in my calling to serve our Church.

What has the message of this Christmas been for us? What has been our experience with the Lord this year? Have we gone home by a different route?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 10:48


What has the message of this Christmas been for us? What has been our experience with the Lord this year?  Have we gone home by a different route?

My reading recommendations for 2024

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 16:40


Here's what I read this year that I would recommend to you: The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni The Terror by Dan Simmons The Orenda by Joseph Boyden The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes Rules of Civility by Amor Towles The One by John Marrs The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins Landscape with Traveler: The Pillow Book of Francis Reeves

Who are the prophets in your life?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 9:19


And when and how are you called to be a prophet to others?

Gaudete Sunday - Rejoice - But what if we don't feel like rejoicing?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 8:36


Sometimes the demands of the season and just life can get in the way of feeling joy-filled. Then what?

How are you preparing yourself this Advent season?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 10:30


There are specific things we can do. Here are some suggestions.

Wow, it doesn't get any better than this?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2024 12:43


This reflection on the 1st Sunday of Advent tries to help us focus on what is truly important in our lives - and to prepare ourselves for the greatest gift we will ever receive.

Make Christ Great Again - MCGA

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 10:03


Maybe I should say Keep Christ Great!!

As Christians, the current times call us to be brave in living out our faith...

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 10:40


... and it is not always easy, but if we trust in God, we can do it.

Do you trust God?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 11:55


I suspect our first answer is—of course! But then, when we stop and think about it, we need to ask ourselves whether we trust God in all things and in all ways.

What is the great commandmment of Jesus?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 9:12


We are each called to be saints - and we are supposed to begin our task - NOW. No waiting around. Because we need saints if we are going to move forward in our troubled world.

How can we open our eyes to the needs of others?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 9:40


Christ cures a blind man from physical blindness, but we may be blind in other ways.

How are you called to serve?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 10:44


It seems that often what we are seeking seems to be all about ourselves. We are called to something more.

Why do we make the choices that we do?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 12:03


What is our motivation? We make choices daily - some big and some not so big, but even the little ones can add up to big consequences. We need to reflect on what truly brings us joy in our lives.

All are welcome, all are welcome

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 9:37


all are welcome, in this space.

Whatever happened to sin?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 8:46


Yes! So you can skip this episode if you don't have a problem with sinning!!

Are we ready to humble ourselves – to be the servant God calls each of us to be?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024 14:19


I was in Greece last week, but I posted an interview that was done of me on a local podcast. If you would like to hear that it is in my podcast file.

Faith without works is dead

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2024 11:40


That's what we hear in the Bible, so how does that look in our daily lives?

What do we do with our gift of faith?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 10:37


Yes! That's right. We are supposed to do something with it.

There's a lot of decisions to make in our lives.

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 10:03


Some are pretty easy - whether to have gelato today or not - but many are challenging. How do we choose - who do we rely on?

What will satisfy our longings?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 8:53


I bet you know what I am going to say. But how often do we think that all the things we buy, or can acquire are the things that will ultimately satisfy us?

We are what we eat.

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2024 9:24


Are we?

What satisfies our deepest hungers?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 9:15


We might ask, "What is my deepest hunger?" and then go from there.

Are we stingy or generous with the gifts God has given us?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 9:29


The story of the feeding of the thousands gives us a model for how we are called to share with others the many gifts we have received, and to not hold back.

Does our Church want us to be political?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 11:21


It is the Church's responsibility - and that means that the leaders of our Church have certain responsibilities - and sometimes that means they have to push us to uncomfortable places some times. But we are not to think our Church abdicates its responsibility to guide us.

Hear my conversation with Fr. Gabe Griggs, CSC

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 31:53


Fr. Gabe attended Purdue, where I got to know him. I could tell there was a vocation to religious life almost from the first day I met him. Of course, I was hoping he might be a Dominican, but Gabe was born in South Bend and was/is a Domer through and through. Hear his story his experiences on the journey and what it has been like to serve as a priest at Notre Dame.

An interview with Dr. Brandon Coventry

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2024 27:29


Brandon was a super active Boiler Catholic at Purdue and is now a University of Wisconsin at Madison postdoc. Listen to our conversation about the type of research he is doing and how he brings his Catholic faith into everything he does.

Who is stronger than death?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 10:02


There is evil in the world, but God can overcome anything - do we trust God enough to believe that?

Do we trust that our Lord is always with us?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 9:07


Trust is a thing that doesn't happen automatically - we grow in trust - and when we can help that trust grow, we will know peace.

We all begin as tiny seeds - our dads and moms do the nurturing and watering

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 9:42


On Father's Day, we reflect, in a special way, on the roles of our fathers and grandfathers in helping us grow in ways meant to build up God's Kingdom.

The devil made me do it!!

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 7:42


Really??? We know better. We open ourselves to sin, but there is recourse of course.

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