When Luke mentions the feast of Pentecost in our first reading, we can easily gloss over the implication that Pentecost is a Jewish feast. One of four springtime feasts on the Jewish liturgical calendar, Pentecost celebrated both the ingathering of the harvest as well as the giving of the law on Mt. Sinai. Comparing and contrasting the first Pentecost with the new Pentecost we discover that the outpouring of the Holy Spirit does indeed bring about a harvest, one that is new and rich in meaning. ...
May 18, 2021•51 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Our readings today explore the Ascension of the Lord. Drawing on our first reading from Acts which is proclaimed each year on this feast we discover fascinating connections between the Son of Man image in the Book of Daniel as well as interesting connections to the Jewish feast of the Day of Atonement. Enjoy this rebroadcast from May 24, 2020! For the full show notes head here.
May 11, 2021•55 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Picking up where we left off in last week's Gospel, Jesus continues his Last Supper discourse, this time turning his attention to love, the law, and friendship with God. Taking the lead of the evangelist himself we explore the idea of belovedness and how receptivity to Divine love is the foundation of the spiritual life. Bringing in the topic of the law as well as the thought of Thomas Aquinas we discover that the practice of abiding in God's love has very little to do with our own efforts and e...
May 04, 2021•58 min•Season 2Ep. 13
We continue exploring the Gospel of John in our readings for this Sunday. In them Jesus makes his seventh and final "I am" statement, comparing himself to the true vine. Combing through the Old Testament we discover that vine imagery is often associated with Israel, but an Israel that is unfaithful and disobedient. It is Christ then, the faithful son, and we his disciples who are to embody a new Israel, radically faithful to the Father. How do we achieve this faithfulness? Our Gospel reveals the...
Apr 27, 2021•56 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Basking in Easter glory, the Church confirms for us the tenderness and compassion of God's heart with our Gospel reading from the Good Shepherd discourse. Having compared himself to the gate of the sheepfold in previous verses, Jesus continues the theme, likening himself not merely to the gate but to the shepherd himself. Whereas a hired hand flees at the sign of danger in an act of self-protection, Jesus vows as Good Shepherd to put himself in harms way, taking the very place of the sheep so th...
Apr 20, 2021•54 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Coming to the Easter account of the Gospel of Luke we see Jesus appearing in his risen glory for the third time. The disciples are dismayed by this appearance but Jesus, making an offer of peace, provides ample evidence to bolster their faith in his resurrection. Rich in parallels with Luke's road to Emmaus story we discover a God in our Gospel who condescends to our human needs and who himself accomplishes our perfecting should we only be docile to him. Diving deep into our Gospel we'll spend o...
Apr 15, 2021•52 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Year after year, regardless of the three-year cycle of readings, the same Gospel from John is read every Divine Mercy Sunday. For that reason, we offer you a rebroadcast of last year's episode. For the full show notes head here.
Apr 06, 2021•48 min•Season 2Ep. 9
On Palm Sunday the Church offers us two Gospels. Our first Gospel records the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, an entry that bestows clear royal connotations on the events of Holy Week. Turning to the beginning of our second Gospel we'll unveil two more themes: a nuptial theme evidenced in the anointing of Jesus by the woman of Bethany and a Passover theme born out of a tentative detail in our Gospel passage that lends a torrent of meaning to the Eucharistic meal. Diving deep into our Go...
Mar 23, 2021•43 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Katie is recovering from a cold but still wanted to offer a pared down version of the podcast. In this episode we see some Greek converts asking after Jesus, the sight of which prompts Our Lord to finally declare that his hour has come. We spend the episode exploring why this simple affair proves to be the catalyst for Jesus' passion and the manner in which the whole episode points to a new covenant and a new law that Christ himself will give on Calvary.
Mar 16, 2021•39 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Our Gospel today drops us into the middle of a conversation between Jesus and a prominent Pharisee named Nicodemus who comes to question Our Lord under the cover of night. Jesus turns the topic of discussion to salvation making the most famous declaration in Scripture: "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son." What we discover from their interaction is that our God proves his love not merely by words but - more powerfully - by actions and he requests nothing less from his followers...
Mar 09, 2021•52 min•Season 2Ep. 6
We head into the fourth Gospel today following Jesus into Jerusalem for the first Passover of his public ministry. There he encounters a city bustling with thousands of Jews and a Temple filled with money changers and animals. What happens next is astonishing. Looking to the Old Testament, the greater context of John's Gospel, and the history of the Temple complex we try to make sense of the cleansing of the Temple, an act that arguably points toward a new kind of worship and a new kind of worsh...
Mar 02, 2021•48 min•Season 2Ep. 5
We join Peter, James, and John atop the mountain of Transfiguration in our Gospel this week. Jesus has just made his first passion prediction and so, to bolster the faith of his disciples, he pulls back the veil on his Divine glory. Breaking open the Old Testament we discover several connections with our Gospel, connections that point toward a new creation, a new temple, and the sure hope of the resurrection. Diving deep into our Gospel we'll spend our episode looking closer at: - The precision ...
Feb 23, 2021•49 min•Season 2Ep. 4
We dive into Lent by backtracking in our reading of Mark today, heading to the scene of Jesus' temptation and forty day fast. Though a short passage, we find a Gospel rich with Old Testament imagery and typological fulfillment. Jesus heads into the wilderness to re-stage many scenes from Scripture but this time as the faithful son who has come to reconcile the world to his Father. Diving deep into our Gospel we'll spend our episode looking closer at: - How Jesus' forty days in the desert paralle...
Feb 16, 2021•56 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Jesus is approached by a leper in our Gospel today. Having ignored the Mosaic command to avoid others he draws close to Christ in order to request a miracle. Moved by the man's faith, Jesus also ignores the conventions of Mosaic law, touching the man, healing him from his leprosy, and proving that the Divine touch is not only immune from ritual impurity but can actually bring about the wholeness that the law itself fails to cause. We'll spend our episode looking closer at: - A literal translatio...
Feb 09, 2021•56 min•Season 2Ep. 2
BIBLIOGRAPHY Donahue, John R., and Daniel J. Harrington. The Gospel of Mark . Edited by Daniel J. Harrington. Vol. 2. Sacra Pagina Series. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2002. Donin, Hayim. "HAVDALAH: The Ritual and the Concept." Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought 3, no. 1 (1960): 60-72. Accessed January 8, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23255448. Healy, Mary. The Gospel of Mark . Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2008. Marcus, Joel. Mark 1–8: A New Translation with Intr...
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 1
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Oct 28, 2020•18 min
BIBLIOGRAPHY Davies, W. D., and Dale C. Allison Jr. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel according to Saint Matthew. Vol. 3 . International Critical Commentary. London; New York: T&T Clark International, 2004. Keener, Craig S. The Gospel of Matthew: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary . Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2009. Mitch, Curtis, and Edward Sri. The Gospel of Matthew . Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2010. Mass Readings Explained wi...
Sep 22, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 53
BIBLIOGRAPHY Davies, W. D., and Dale C. Allison Jr. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel according to Saint Matthew. Vol. 3 . International Critical Commentary. London; New York: T&T Clark International, 2004. Keener, Craig S. The Gospel of Matthew: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary . Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2009. Mitch, Curtis, and Edward Sri. The Gospel of Matthew . Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2010. Mass Readings Explained wi...
Sep 19, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 52
BIBLIOGRAPHY Davies, W. D., and Dale C. Allison Jr. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel according to Saint Matthew. Vol. 2 . International Critical Commentary. London; New York: T&T Clark International, 2004. Keener, Craig S. The Gospel of Matthew: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary . Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2009. Mitch, Curtis, and Edward Sri. The Gospel of Matthew . Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2010. REFERENCES Leviticus 19:17...
Sep 10, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 51
BIBLIOGRAPHY Davies, W. D., and Dale C. Allison Jr. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel according to Saint Matthew. Vol. 2 . International Critical Commentary. London; New York: T&T Clark International, 2004. Keener, Craig S. The Gospel of Matthew: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary . Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2009. Mitch, Curtis, and Edward Sri. The Gospel of Matthew . Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2010. Mass Readings Explained by...
Sep 03, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 50
BIBLIOGRAPHY Davies, W. D., and Dale C. Allison Jr. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel according to Saint Matthew . Vol. 2. International Critical Commentary. London; New York: T&T Clark International, 2004. Keener, Craig S. The Gospel of Matthew: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary . Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2009. Mitch, Curtis, and Edward Sri. The Gospel of Matthew . Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2010. Mass Readings Explained by...
Aug 25, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 49
BIBLIOGRAPHY Davies, W. D., and Dale C. Allison Jr. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel according to Saint Matthew. Vol. 2 . International Critical Commentary. London; New York: T&T Clark International, 2004. Keener, Craig S. The Gospel of Matthew: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary . Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2009. Mitch, Curtis, and Edward Sri. The Gospel of Matthew . Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2010. Schaff, Philip, and Henry ...
Aug 18, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 48
BIBLIOGRAPHY Keener, Craig S. The Gospel of Matthew: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2009. Mitch, Curtis, and Edward Sri. The Gospel of Matthew. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2010. Mass Readings Explained by Dr. Brant Pitre REFERENCES Matthew 11:21 - "'Woe to you, Chorazin! woe to you, Beth-saida! for if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes...
Aug 13, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 47
BIBLIOGRAPHY Keener, Craig S. The Gospel of Matthew: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary . Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2009. Mitch, Curtis, and Edward Sri. The Gospel of Matthew . Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2010. REFERENCES Exodus 24:14-15 - "And in the morning watch the LORD in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked down upon the host of the Egyptians, and discomfited the host of the Egyptians, clogging their chariot wheels so that they drove heavil...
Aug 05, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 46
BIBLIOGRAPHY Hahn, Scott, et al. Isaiah . San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2019. Kurz, William S. Acts of the Apostles . Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2013. Mitch, Curtis, and Edward Sri. The Gospel of Matthew . Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2010. Mass Readings Explained with Dr. Brant Pitre REFERENCES 1 Kings 17:8-16 - Elijah multiplies the flour and oil for the widow of Zarephath 2 Kings 4:42-44 - "A man came from Baal-shalishah, bringing the man of God bread of the first fru...
Jul 28, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 45
BIBLIOGRAPHY Davies, W. D., and Dale C. Allison Jr. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel according to Saint Matthew. Vol. 2. International Critical Commentary. London; New York: T&T Clark International, 2004. Hahn, Scott, ed. Catholic Bible Dictionary . New York; London; Toronto; Sydney; Auckland: Doubleday, 2009. Keener, Craig S. The Gospel of Matthew: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary . Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2009. Mitch, Curtis, and Ed...
Jul 21, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 44
BIBLIOGRAPHY Davies, W. D., and Dale C. Allison Jr. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel according to Saint Matthew. Vol. 2 . International Critical Commentary. London; New York: T&T Clark International, 2004. Hahn, Scott, ed. Catholic Bible Dictionary . New York; London; Toronto; Sydney; Auckland: Doubleday, 2009. Keener, Craig S. The Gospel of Matthew: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary . Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2009. Mitch, Curtis, and E...
Jul 14, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 43
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RESOURCES Davies, W. D., and Dale C. Allison Jr. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel according to Saint Matthew. Vol. 2 . International Critical Commentary. London; New York: T&T Clark International, 2004. Hahn, Scott, et al. Isaiah . San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2019. Mitch, Curtis, and Edward Sri. The Gospel of Matthew . Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2010. REFERENCES 1 Kings 4:32 - "He [Solomon] also uttered three thousand proverbs [LXX: παραβολά...
Jul 07, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 42
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RESOURCES Davies, W. D., and Dale C. Allison Jr. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel according to Saint Matthew. Vol. 2. International Critical Commentary. London; New York: T&T Clark International, 2004. Mitch, Curtis, and Edward Sri. The Gospel of Matthew . Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2010. Verbum Bible Software - www.verbum.com REFERENCES Psalm 116:6 - "The LORD preserves the simple [nepiois]; when I was brought low, he saved me." Psalm 119:130 ...
Jun 30, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 41
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RESOURCES Davies, W. D., and Dale C. Allison Jr. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel according to Saint Matthew . Vol. 2. International Critical Commentary. London; New York: T&T Clark International, 2004. Mitch, Curtis, and Edward Sri. The Gospel of Matthew . Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2010. Mass Readings Explained by Dr. Brant Pitre Verbum Bible Software - www.verbum.com REFERENCES Micah 7:6 - "For the son treats the father with contempt, the da...
Jun 23, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 40
