Rich Thoughts

Rich Thoughts

By Rich Andre, C. S.P.Technology
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Rich Thoughts episodes

  • #250 - 3rd Sunday of Easter (C)
    At Blessed John XXIII Parish, Knoxville. A prayer technique for reconciling past events, as explained by Linn, Linn, and Fabricant in HEALING THE EIGHT STAGES OF LIFE. Also cited GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU by Sam McBratney. All related to John 21:1-19.
    10 min
  • #249 - 2nd Thursday of Easter / Stanislaus
    At Immaculate Conception Parish, Knoxville. Exploring John 3:31-36 through the lens of three martyrdoms that occurred during the celebration of Mass: Stanislaus (1079), Thomas a Becket (1170), and Oscar Romero (1980).
    3 min
  • #248 - 2nd Wednesday of Easter
    At Blessed John XXIII Parish, Knoxville. Especially in the South, we hear/see a lot from John 3 -- especially the phrase "born again" and the placards reading "John 3:16." Let's not over-simplify their significance!
    3 min
  • #247 - 2nd Tuesday of Easter
    At Blessed John XXIII Parish, Knoxville. Looking at John 3:7b-15 within the larger context of John 3:1-21. We must understand John's use of irony before we can comprehend the Exultation of the Cross.
    4 min
  • #246 - The Annunciation
    At Immaculate Conception and Blessed John XXIII Parishes, Knoxville. Contrasting Ahaz (in Isaiah 7:10-14) with Mary (in Luke 1:26-38) and Jesus (in Hebrews 10:4-10), and praying that we can live out Psalm 40.
    5 min
  • #244 - Easter Thursday
    At Immaculate Conception Parish, Knoxville. Bob Schreiter, CSsP, is the theologian I forgot to mention. Tom Kane, CSP, is the producer of the prayer card. Jim Moran was the director of Landings International, not the Paulist Reconciliation office.
    5 min
  • #243 - Easter Wednesday
    At Blessed John XXIII Parish. Sharing a favorite song: "In the Breaking of the Bread" by Michael Ward. This recording is from SWEET SWEET SPIRIT by the St. Paul Singers. Soloist: Nancy Meyer. Director: Anne Holland.
    8 min
  • #242 - Easter Monday
    At Blessed John XXIII Parish, Knoxville. We have been living in the Easter Era for nearly two thousand years. What can we learn from what happened in the first hours of the Easter Era?
    3 min
  • #241 - Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday
    At Blessed John XXIII Parish, Knoxville. Taken, blessed, broken, and shared. What's the significance of the four central verbs of the Eucharistic Institution narrative? The answer is in what we don't find in the tomb!
    11 min

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Rich Andre is a Catholic priest with the Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle (a. k. a. "The Paulist Fathers"), currently serving as the associate pastor at Blessed John XXIII Parish at the University of Tennessee. He records most of his homilies and some other reflections on this podcast. He welcomes your feedback! You can contact him at richATjohn23rd.org.