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The scandalizing, thankless job of the Prophets
On the Readings for Sunday, July 8, 2018 […]
Ezekiel
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Death is an uncomfortable fact—and a conquered foe
On the Readings for Sunday, July 1, 2018 […]
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Providence, Prosperity, and Purpose
On the Readings for Sunday, June 17, 2018 […]
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The Wedding Feast, the Lamb, and the Kingdom
On the Readings for Sunday, October 15, 2017 […]
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The risen Christ to the restored Peter: “Feed my sheep!”
Readings: • Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41 • Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13 • Rev 5:11-14 • Jn 21:1-19 Years ago, not long after entering the Church, I called into a local radio program hosted by […]
Essay
“Woe to the shepherds who mislead and scatter the flock …”
On the Readings for Sunday, July 22, 2018. […]
Features
Christ’s question to us during Holy Week: “Do you love me?”
Much of Lent is focused on Baptism, where our love affair with the Triune God had its beginning. The baptismal font, however, leads inexorably to […]