23 September 2018 | 18th Sunday after Pentecost | Menlo Park, Calif.

One of the hallmarks of the modern world is division. Conservative or liberal? Progressive or traditional? Sadly, some even go so far as to try to divide Christ from the Church—as if the Head were taking us one direction and His Body going the opposite way! But just as a living person's head can't be separated from his body (and hopefully you'll all take this on faith without trying to verify it yourself!), Christ can never be separated from His living Body on earth, the Church. In this episode, I discuss how faith in Christ entails faith in the Church He founded, and how living out of this truth in simplicity and hope can help us overcome our own divisions to be a better witness to the world.

Opening music: "Te Deum - Hymnus (tonus monasticus)," sung by the Benedictine Monks of the Abbey of Saint-Maurice & Saint Maur, Clervaux, Luxembourg, 1987. All rights reserved.