​Episode 33: In this further reflection on Mark’s Gospel, Fr. Henchey explores the line in Mark 14:27 which says, “I am going to strike the Shepherd” and also at the Last Supper when Christ says, “I tell you solemnly, one of you is going to betray me.” These phrases, “struck by God” and “rejected by men,” have particular resonance in the Garden and help us interpret and explain Christ’s sense of abandonment by God. (January 17, 2018)

​Episode 32: Continuing with the Gospel according to Mark, Fr. Henchey looks at the distinction between temptation and trial, emphasizing that God does not solicit anyone to evil but that he does allow trial and suffering. In the Garden, Christ the Good Shepherd was “struck by God,” and underwent a great trial as his Suffering Servant. This trial culminated in Christ’s submission to his Father with the words, “Not my will, but Thine be done.” (January 10, 2018)

Episode 31: Here, Fr. Henchey takes up Mark’s account of the Agony in Gethsemane and explores Mark’s particular emphasis on Christology and the Messianic secret in which Christ’s message and person are so often misunderstood. (January 3, 2018)

Episode 30: In this reflection, Fr. Henchey lays out the third theological theory of the agony in the Garden--that Christ is engaged in a great Messianic battle to conquer the magnified evil of human sin. In these hours of darkness before his arrest at midnight, Christ lived out his oblation to the Father's will and became the voluntary offertory sacrifice which will finally redeem fallen man and restore the potential for eternal life for which we were all created. (December 27, 2017)

Episode 29: Theologians have put forward three theories to explain the meaning of Christ's agony in the Garden: a natural human reaction to the anticipation of pain and death, a psychological and spiritual (mystical) distress at the total abandonment by the Father, and the effects of the great spiritual combat that Jesus undertook for us all. In this reflection, Fr. Henchey examines and pros and cons of the first two theories, ultimately showing that no one explanation can ever fully explain the great sacrifice of self-abandonment Christ made to save all of us for all time. (December 20, 2017)

Episode 28: In this reflection, Fr. Henchey looks at the "Garden scene" in the Gospel of St. Luke, with its links to his description of Christ's temptations in the desert. (December 13, 2017)

Episode 27: The agony in Gethsemane now serving as an anchor for our understanding of the vast wisdom of Scripture, Fr. Henchey explores such fundamental ideas as temptation and trial and introduces the influence of the "evil one." All of this serves to help us better understand Christ's own temptations and the great spiritual combat he undertook to save us all. (December 6, 2017)

Episode 26: With this reflection, Fr. Henchey begins major leg of our voyage into the deep with a long study of the redemptive mystery of the Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane. He gives us a preview of all of the elements of this study and then offers an overview of the ideas that are crucial in our attempt to grasp this mystery: temptation, trial, agony and the sweating of blood, according to the Gospel of Luke. (November 29, 2017)

Episode 25: Here, Fr. Henchey goes deeply into the writings of the prophets Joel and Amos whose descriptions of the darkness reveal the awe-inspiring power of God which we call, "The Day of the Lord." The Day of the Lord reaches its zenith on Calvary in the darkness that came over all the earth when Christ's sacrifice was complete and Death was defeated. This is a redemptive darkness and out of it comes eternal salvation because the powers of darkness will never prevail. (November 25, 2017)

Episode 24: In this episode, Fr. Henchey continues his Scripture-wide exploration the rich meaning of darkness with a special focus on the Exodus imagery and its stories of the dark cloud, the ninth plague and the dark night. Yet, out of this darkness came new life for Israel just as forgiveness and a new mission came out of the dark night for Peter. For us, too, the darkness which comes into our lives is not permanent and by the mercy of God, we can walk out of it into new light. (November 15, 2017)