Sunday Gospel Reflections

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Sunday Gospel Reflections episodes

August 16 August 16th: The Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Father and Annie, in looking at God's words through the Prophet Isaiah, discuss what it actually means to be part of the family of God and how "foreigners" are able to become part of that family.
1 hr 12 min
August 09 August 9th: The Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Father and Annie look at the message given to both Elijah in the first reading and to Peter in the Gospel: To have faith in God, even when there is chaos all around.
1 hr 6 min
August 02 August 2nd: The Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Father and Annie explore the story behind the prophecy in Isaiah 55 with the call to "come to the water." In connecting that to the multiplication in the Gospel passage, we come to better understand the Eternal Covenant of the Trinity.
57 min
July 26 July 26th: The Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Father and Annie discuss the importance of Solomon in salvation history as the one who builds the Temple. And they unpack how Solomon prefigures Christ, who continues to speak of the Kingdom in parables.
1 hr 8 min
July 19 July 19th: The Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Father and Annie take a tour through salvation history to understand the Kingdom of God through Solomon's words in the book of Wisdom and Jesus' "agricultural" parables.
1 hr 32 min
July 12 July 12th: The Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Father and Annie discuss what the promise given by God through Isaiah would mean to the people of the time as they witnessed the faithlessness of their leaders - and, in light of the Gospel and in the light of Pentecost - what it means to be 'good soil.'
1 hr 15 min
July 05 July 5th: The Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Father and Annie discuss the similarities between the people receiving the prophecy of Zechariah and those hearing from Jesus in the Gospel. Jesus came to bring true peace and freedom, which we have by living according to the nature we receive at baptism.
55 min
June 28 June 28th: The Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Father and Annie, in light of all the readings this weekend, stress the importance of hospitality in the life of a Christian, who is baptized into Christ. By loving one another, we 'worship' God who is present in our brothers and sisters.
54 min
June 21 June 21st: The Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Father and Annie discuss the readings in light of Pentecost a few weeks ago. God calls his people to speak the truth. Just as it happened to Jeremiah, Jesus says that we can expect persecution, but we should not be anxious.
1 hr 8 min
June 14 June 14th: The Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time
Father and Annie discuss what it means for the Israelites to be a kingdom of priests, and what is the nature of true sacrifice - and how all of what God promises in this regard is fulfilled in Christ and his Church.
1 hr 5 min