The Struggle With Amalek
An awful lot of people probably find our first reading for this week offensive. We hear that Israel mowed the Amalekites down with the sword. How can this terrible story of conquest be a revelation of...
21 Okt 200715min
The Lessons of Naaman
The story of Naaman the Syrian is not terribly well-known, but it contains some marvelous spiritual lessons for all of us. It tells us of the importance of patience, humility, perseverance, prayer--an...
14 Okt 200715min
The Lament of Habakkuk
The prophet Habbakuk expresses what most of us feel at some point in our lives: how can God be so indifferent to suffering? Listen carefully to the answer he receives from the Lord.
7 Okt 200715min
The Poor At Our Gate
Another homily from Fr. Robert Barron and Word on Fire Catholic Ministries.
30 Sep 200715min
Loss Of A Sabbath Consciousness
Another homily from Fr. Robert Barron and Word on Fire Catholic Ministries.
23 Sep 200715min
The Reckless Abandon of God’s Love
God does not love as we do, in a calculating manner. He makes his sun to shine on the good and the bad alike and his rain to fall on the just and the unjust alike. This means that he is like the Good ...
16 Sep 200715min
The Path of Dispossession
Jesus tells us that we must get rid of all of our possessions, including the people that we have turned into possessions. It is in this sense that he encourages us to "hate our mothers and fathers, br...
9 Sep 200715min
The Addiction of Honor
The lust for honor interrupts the great banquet that God wants us to enjoy. This is why Jesus interrupts the interruption in today's Gospel, urging people purposely to take the lowest place and to ent...
2 Sep 200715min
