The Good Word

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The Good Word episodes

August 26, 2019 Monday of the 21st week in ordinary time
Monday of the 21st week in ordinary time
5 min
August 25, 2019 21st Sunday in ordinary time
Welcome to the Good Word, a reflection on the readings of the daily liturgy. I am Father Karl Esker, a Redemptorist priest. God’s love and mercy are beyond our comprehension. We human beings are often too closed minded and closed hearted to enter into the expansive love that is God. In the first reading the
4 min
August 25, 2019 21st Sunday in ordinary time
Welcome to the Good Word, a reflection on the readings of the daily liturgy. I am Father Karl Esker, a Redemptorist priest. God’s love and mercy are beyond our comprehension. We human beings are often too closed minded and closed hearted to enter into the expansive love that is God. In the first reading the
4 min
August 04, 2019 18th Sunday in ordinary time
3 min
August 04, 2019 18th Sunday in ordinary time
18th Sunday in ordinary time
3 min
August 03, 2019 Saturday of the 17th week in ordinary time
4 min
August 03, 2019 Saturday of the 17th week in ordinary time
Saturday of the 17th week in ordinary time
4 min
August 02, 2019 Friday of the 17th week in ordinary time
There are two verses in the Gospel today that are always noticed but seldom addressed. They read: “Is not his mother named Mary and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? Are not his sisters all with us?” These verses are speaking of Jesus’ brothers and sisters who are still living in Jesus’ hometown, where
4 min
August 02, 2019 Friday of the 17th week in ordinary time
There are two verses in the Gospel today that are always noticed but seldom addressed. They read: “Is not his mother named Mary and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? Are not his sisters all with us?” These verses are speaking of Jesus’ brothers and sisters who are still living in Jesus’ hometown, where
4 min
August 01, 2019 Memorial of St. Alphonsus Liguori, bishop and doctor of the Church
5 min