Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share An Honest Self-Examination – Building a Kingdom of Love w/ Msgr. John Esseff Podcast
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
An Honest Self-Examination – Building a Kingdom of Love w/ Msgr. John Esseff Podcast
Msgr. Esseff reflects on the readings for the 5th Sunday of Lent. He guides us through an honest self-examination of conscience and the need to confess our brokenness in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
From the NAB
Gospel. JN 8:1-11
Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area,
and all the people started coming to him,
and he sat down and taught them.
Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman
who had been caught in adultery
and made her stand in the middle.
They said to him,
“Teacher, this woman was caught
in the very act of committing adultery.
Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women.
So what do you say?”
They said this to test him,
so that they could have some charge to bring against him.
Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger.
But when they continued asking him,
he straightened up and said to them,
“Let the one among you who is without sin
be the first to throw a stone at her.”
Again he bent down and wrote on the ground.
And in response, they went away one by one,
beginning with the elders.
So he was left alone with the woman before him.
Then Jesus straightened up and said to her,
“Woman, where are they?
Has no one condemned you?”
She replied, “No one, sir.”
Then Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you.
Go, and from now on do not sin any more.”
Msgr. John A. Esseff is a Roman Catholic priest in the Diocese of Scranton. Msgr. Esseff served as a retreat director and confessor to St. Teresa of Calcutta. He continues to offer direction and retreats for the sisters of the missionaries of charity around the world. Msgr. Esseff encountered St. Padre Pio, who would become a spiritual father to him. He has lived in areas around the world, serving in the Pontifical missions, a Catholic organization established by St. Pope John Paul II to bring the Good News to the world, especially to the poor. He continues to serve as a retreat leader and director to bishops, priests and sisters and seminarians, and other religious leaders around the world.
The post An Honest Self-Examination – Building a Kingdom of Love w/ Msgr. John Esseff Podcast appeared first on Discerning Hearts Catholic Podcasts.
View all episodes
By Msgr. John Esseff with Kris McGregor
4.8
4949 ratings
Msgr. Esseff reflects on the readings for the 5th Sunday of Lent. He guides us through an honest self-examination of conscience and the need to confess our brokenness in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
From the NAB
Gospel. JN 8:1-11
Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area,
and all the people started coming to him,
and he sat down and taught them.
Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman
who had been caught in adultery
and made her stand in the middle.
They said to him,
“Teacher, this woman was caught
in the very act of committing adultery.
Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women.
So what do you say?”
They said this to test him,
so that they could have some charge to bring against him.
Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger.
But when they continued asking him,
he straightened up and said to them,
“Let the one among you who is without sin
be the first to throw a stone at her.”
Again he bent down and wrote on the ground.
And in response, they went away one by one,
beginning with the elders.
So he was left alone with the woman before him.
Then Jesus straightened up and said to her,
“Woman, where are they?
Has no one condemned you?”
She replied, “No one, sir.”
Then Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you.
Go, and from now on do not sin any more.”
Msgr. John A. Esseff is a Roman Catholic priest in the Diocese of Scranton. Msgr. Esseff served as a retreat director and confessor to St. Teresa of Calcutta. He continues to offer direction and retreats for the sisters of the missionaries of charity around the world. Msgr. Esseff encountered St. Padre Pio, who would become a spiritual father to him. He has lived in areas around the world, serving in the Pontifical missions, a Catholic organization established by St. Pope John Paul II to bring the Good News to the world, especially to the poor. He continues to serve as a retreat leader and director to bishops, priests and sisters and seminarians, and other religious leaders around the world.
The post An Honest Self-Examination – Building a Kingdom of Love w/ Msgr. John Esseff Podcast appeared first on Discerning Hearts Catholic Podcasts.
More shows like Msgr. John Esseff - Discerning Hearts Catholic Podcasts
View all
The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture
5,741 Listeners
Sharon Doran Seeking Truth Catholic Bible Study - Discerning Hearts Catholic Podcasts
25 Listeners
Discerning Hearts - Catholic Podcasts
510 Listeners
Deacon James Keating PhD - Discerning Hearts Catholic Podcasts
19 Listeners
Discerning Hearts Catholic Podcasts » Inside the Pages with Kris McGregor
24 Listeners
Fr. Paul Hoesing - Discerning Hearts Catholic Podcasts
4 Listeners
Dr. Paul Thigpen PhD - Discerning Hearts Catholic Podcasts
17 Listeners
Fr. Scott Traynor - Discerning Hearts Catholic Podcasts
10 Listeners
Pints With Aquinas
6,747 Listeners
Letters From Home
461 Listeners
The Jeff Cavins Show (Your Catholic Bible Study Podcast)
2,157 Listeners
The Counsel of Trent
2,579 Listeners
Every Knee Shall Bow (Your Catholic Evangelization Podcast)
839 Listeners
The Road to Emmaus with Scott Hahn
37 Listeners
American Catholic History
819 Listeners
Godsplaining
1,257 Listeners
U.S. Grace Force with Fr. Richard Heilman and Doug Barry
569 Listeners
Restore The Glory Podcast
951 Listeners
The Liturgy of the Hours: Sing the Hours
818 Listeners
Catholic Bible Study
684 Listeners
Chris Stefanick Catholic Show
440 Listeners
The Exorcist Files
5,641 Listeners
The Discernment of Spirits and many other teachings of St. Ignatius of Loyola with Fr. Timothy Gallagher
34 Listeners
Daily Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart
20 Listeners
St. Therese of Lisieux and the Martin Family - Bearers of Hope with Fr. Timothy Gallagher
25 Listeners
Discernimiento de Espíritus con el P. Timothy Gallagher - Podcasts Católicos Corazones Discernientes
3 Listeners
The Heart Of The Spiritual Exercises With Fr. Anthony Wieck, S.J.
2 Listeners
The Retreats and Letters of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity with Dr. Anthony Lilles - Beginning to Pray podcast
7 Listeners
St. John of the Cross: Master of Contemplation with Fr. Donald Haggerty – Discerning Hearts Podcast
18 Listeners
Pathway to Sacred Mysteries with Dr. David Fagerberg
3 Listeners
The Heart of Prayer with Fr. Éamonn Bourke
3 Listeners
A “Lord of the Rings” Spiritual Retreat w/ Fr. Timothy Gallagher - Discerning Hearts Podcast
18 Listeners
The Way of Perfection and Interior Castle of St. Teresa of Avila with Dr. Anthony Lilles - Beginning to Pray
13 Listeners
Julian of Norwich Archives - Discerning Hearts Catholic Podcasts
3 Listeners