As Pope Leo the Great explained, "the law was given on Mount Sinai fifty days after the immolation of the paschal lamb. Similarly, after the passion of Christ in which the true Lamb of God was killed, just fifty days after his resurrection, the Holy Spirit fell upon the apostles and the whole group of believers. Thus, the earnest Christian may easily perceive that the beginnings of the Old Covenant were at the service of the beginnings of the gospel and that the same Spirit who instituted the Second Covenant." As usual, the New Testament can only be understood in light of the Old, and the Old Testament is revealed in the New! We'll discuss that beautiful feature of Pentecost -- and much more -- in this week's Dad Talk. Please share with a friend, and God bless! Dad

Unless you're in the Boston, Hartford, New York, Omaha, or Philadelphia Dioceses, then this Sunday you're celebrating the Ascension of the Lord. In this week's Dad Talk, we'll explore the many wonderful details of the readings associated with that celebration. Please share with a friend, and God bless! Dad

This Sunday's readings are filled with references to the Holy Spirit, the paraclete. In this week's Dad Talk, we'll unpack those references and discuss how we should be thinking about the Holy Spirt in our prayer life. Please share with a friend, and God bless! Dad

In this Sunday's first reading, we see the consecration of the Church's first deacons! We'll talk about that passage at length, as well as our own role in teaching and evangelizing the Good News. Please share with a friend, and God bless! Dad

This week's readings include the difficult teaching that suffering is our vocation as Christians. We suffer for Christ, our Good Shepherd, because he suffered for us. We'll discuss that subject - and why it was such a big deal for the early Christians to call Jesus "Lord" - in today's Dad Talk. Please share with a friend, and God bless! Dad

The common thread between this Sunday's three readings is that God planned to save us through Jesus's passion, death, and resurrection from the beginning of time. And the readings' details are amazing - from how Jesus died in atonement for our sins to the institution of the Mass, including the Eucharistic celebration. We'll discuss it all in this week's Dad Talk. Please share with a friend, and God bless! Dad

This weekend, we celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday, a devotion that came from the life and writings of Saint Faustina. What's amazing is that our Gospel reading is about Jesus instituting the Sacrament of Reconciliation by giving the Apostles the power to forgive sins—one of the most merciful acts imaginable. We'll discuss that—and how God wants to refine us like gold until we are Saints—in today's Dad Talk. Please share with a friend, and God bless! Dad

We'll take a quick look at all the readings from the Easter Vigil (and there are many) because collectively, they contain the entirety of salvation history. We'll conclude with Jesus's encounter with Mary Magdalene and the other Mary in Matthew's Gospel, which is a beautiful reminder that we need to know and understand the Bible and the Church's teachings AND ALSO have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ to truly be his disciples. Happy Easter, He is Risen! God bless, Dad.

As we enter into the holiest week of the year, it is especially important to pay attention to all the details in our Sunday readings. Hidden inside Jesus's passion narrative are countless prophecies from the Old Testament, plus lessons about how we must be disciples. There's SO much to discuss in this week's Dad Talk. Please share with a friend, and God bless! Dad

This week's Gospel reading includes two powerful messages: suffering often glorifies God, and Jesus has the power to defeat death itself. But along the way, the passage throws a few curveballs, such as the curious fact that Jesus "remained for two days in the place where he was" after learning that his friend Lazarus was ill. In today's Dad Talk, we'll dive deeply into the details and also unravel why the prophet Ezekiel is talking about the Lord opening graves in the first reading. Please share with a friend, and God bless! Dad