Kresta in the Afternoon

Our culture seems to gravitate between two extremes: we either despise waiting, grumbling to ourselves and fidgeting with our phones as we sit in line at a red light or the bank - or we revel in laziness, embracing the down time as an entitlement. Waiting is a recurring theme in the Bible - Noah waited for the waters to recede, Abraham waited for a son, the Israelites waited to enter the Promised Land, and now we wait for the return of Christ. Jeannie Ewing joins us to talk why God makes us wait and how he speaks to us in those times when nothing seems to be happening.

Jake and Heather Khym’s ministry Life Restoration helps awaken disciples of Christ by connecting them to Jesus, their authentic self, and Kingdom living. Through human and spiritual formation, they join Jesus in bringing the Kingdom of God into our everyday lives.

This month we celebrate the Month of Mary. We look at the history of Marian devotion and her role in the renewal of Church life with John Cavadini.

With the fall of Roe vs Wade, new voices and strategies are needed in the Pro-Life movement. Michael Kenney of the Pro-Life Partners Foundation is organizing two webinars in the coming days. He joins us with the details.

Last week the House of Representatives passed a bill adoption the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of Antisemitism. Critics say the bill hampers free speech, with one claiming that it defines “the basic Biblical Truth that the Jews killed Jesus Christ as ‘classic antisemitism.’” But does the Church hold the Jews accountable for Christ’s death? We talk with Andre Villeneuve, who also weighs in on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Fr. Roger Landry is a Catholic chaplain at Columbia University who has walked through the protest zones, conversing with student protesters and other “outside agitators.” He joins us to share his experiences.

A priest in Chicago has blessed a same-sex couple, saying that the Vatican document Fiducia Supplicans authorizes such blessings. Matthew Bunson has the details on this and other Church news.

Athanasius of Alexandria is one of the greatest and most controversial figures of early Christian history and played a central role in shaping Christianity in the years after Constantine’s conversion. Yesterday was his feast, and we get to know him with Dr. David Gwynn.

In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus tells us that “If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's Commandments and remain in his love.” Marcus reflects on this reading.

Hundreds of books have been written to vindicate the Gospels by noting that they were written closer to the events they record than any other ancient history. But how do we know that they accurately recorded what Jesus said and did? Gary Michuta joins us.