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Letters From Home episodes
- How We Sin by Not Doing Anything - Wednesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
The St. Paul Center's daily scripture reflections from the Mass for Wednesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time by Dr. John Bergsma.
Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr Obligatory Memorial First: James 4: 13-17
Psalm: Psalms 49: 2-3, 6-7, 8-10, 11
Alleluia: John 14:6
Gospel: Mark 9: 38-40Learn more about the Mass at www.stpaulcenter.com
14 min - How True Wisdom is Defined - Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
The St. Paul Center's daily scripture reflections from the Mass for Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time by Dr. Scott Hahn.
Ordinary Weekday / Peter Damian, Bishop, Doctor First: James 3: 13-18
Psalm: Psalms 19: 8, 9, 10, 15
Alleluia: Second Timothy 1: 10
Gospel: Mark 9: 14-29Learn more about the Mass at www.stpaulcenter.com
22 min - The Gift of Language and the Weight It Holds - Saturday in the Sixth Week of Ordinary Time
The St. Paul Center's daily scripture reflections from the Mass for Saturday in the Sixth Week of Ordinary Time by Mr. Clement Harrold.
Ordinary Weekday / Optional Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary First: James 3: 1-10
Psalm: Psalms 12: 2-3, 4-5, 7-8
Alleluia: Mark 9: 7
Gospel: Mark 9: 2-13Learn more about the Mass at www.stpaulcenter.com
11 min - Why We Need to Show Our Faith Through Works - Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
The St. Paul Center's daily scripture reflections from the Mass for Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time by Dr. John Bergsma.
Ordinary Weekday First: James 2: 14-24, 26
Psalm: Psalms 112: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6
Alleluia: John 15: 15b
Gospel: Mark 8: 34 - 9: 1Learn more about the Mass at www.stpaulcenter.com
12 min - True and Undefiled Religion - Thursday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
The St. Paul Center's daily scripture reflections from the Mass for Thursday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time by Dr. James Merrick.
Ordinary Weekday / Seven Founders of the Order of Servites, Religious First: James 2: 1-9
Psalm: Psalms 34: 2-3, 4-5, 6-7
Alleluia: John 6: 63c, 68c
Gospel: Mark 8: 27-33Learn more about the Mass at www.stpaulcenter.com
7 min - How the Messages of James and Paul Connect - Wednesday in the Sixth Week of Ordinary Time
The St. Paul Center's daily scripture reflections from the Mass for Wednesday in the Sixth Week of Ordinary Time by Dr. John Bergsma.
Ordinary Weekday First: James 1: 19-27
Psalm: Psalms 15: 2-3a, 3bc-4ab, 5
Alleluia: Ephesians 1: 17-18
Gospel: Mark 8: 22-26Learn more about the Mass at www.stpaulcenter.com
14 min - Why St. James Was Important to the Jewish Christians - Monday the Memorial of Saints Cyril and Methodius
The St. Paul Center's daily scripture reflections from the Mass for Monday the Memorial of Saints Cyril and Methodius by Dr. Scott Hahn.
Cyril and Methodius, Bishops Obligatory Memorial First: James 1: 1-11
Psalm: Psalms 119: 67, 68, 71, 72, 75, 76
Alleluia: John 14: 6
Gospel: Mark 8: 11-13Learn more about the Mass at www.stpaulcenter.com
16 min - Rich in Poverty: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings:
Jeremiah 17:5–8
Psalm 1:1–4, 6
1 Corinthians 15:12, 16–20
Luke 6:17, 20–26The blessings and woes we hear in today’s Gospel mark the perfection of all the wisdom of the Old Testament.
That wisdom is summed up with marvelous symmetry in today’s First Reading and Psalm: Each declares that the righteous—those who hope in the Lord and delight in His Law—will prosper like a tree planted near living waters. The wicked, who put their “trust in human beings,” are cursed to wither and die.
Jesus is saying the same thing in the Gospel. The rich and poor are, for Him, more than members of literal economic classes. Their material state symbolizes their spiritual state.
The rich are “the insolent” of today’s Psalm, boasting of their self-sufficiency, the strength of their flesh, as Jeremiah says in the First Reading. The poor are the humble, who put all their hope and trust in the Lord.
We’ve already seen today’s dramatic imagery of reversal in Mary’s Magnificat. There, too, the rich are cast down while the hungry are filled and the lowly exalted (see Luke 1:45–55, also 16:19–31).
That’s the upside-down world of the Gospel: in poverty, we gain spiritual treasure unimaginable; in suffering and even dying “on account of the Son of Man,” we find everlasting life.
The promises of the Old Testament were promises of power and prosperity—in the here and now. The promise of the New Covenant is joy and true freedom even amid the misery and toil of this life.
But not only that. As Paul says in today’s Epistle, we’re to be pitied if our hope is “for this life only.”
The blessings of God mean that we’ll laugh with the thanksgiving of captives released from exile (see Psalm 126:1–2), feast at the heavenly table of the Lord (see Psalm 107:3–9), “leap for joy” as John the Baptist leapt in his mother’s womb (see Luke 6:23; 1:41, 44), and rise with Christ, “the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.”
4 min - How the Liturgy Defines God's People - Saturday in the Fifth Week of Ordinary Time
The St. Paul Center's daily scripture reflections from the Mass for Saturday in the Fifth Week of Ordinary Time by Mr. Clement Harrold.
Ordinary Weekday / Optional Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary First: First Kings 12: 26-32; 13: 33-34
Psalm: Psalms 106: 6-7ab, 19-20, 21-22
Alleluia: Matthew 4: 4b
Gospel: Mark 8: 1-10Learn more about the Mass at www.stpaulcenter.com
12 min - How the New Covenant Extends Around the World - Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
The St. Paul Center's daily scripture reflections from the Mass for Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time by Dr. John Bergsma.
Ordinary Weekday / Our Lady of Lourdes First: First Kings 11: 29-32; 12: 19
Psalm: Psalms 81: 10-11ab, 12-13, 14-15
Alleluia: Acts 16: 14b
Gospel: Mark 7: 31-37Learn more about the Mass at www.stpaulcenter.com
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Letters From Home is the Daily Scripture Reflections podcast from the St. Paul Center. Our commentators, Dr. Scott Hahn, Dr. John Bergsma, Dr. Shane Owens, Dr. Jeffrey Morrow, Ms. Joan Watson, and Mr.…
Clement Harrold reflect upon the readings from Daily Mass. Start your day with the Word of God begin your daily devotion through Sacred Scripture every day.
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