Practicing our faith takes a lot of practice. But when we act on the new hearts of the covenant into which we were baptized, Christ can accomplish great things. Click here to connect to the Sunday readings. Click here for a transcript of that reflection. %PODCAST%
Fractio Verbi
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A
In our griefs and achings lie the opportunity to hear the “voiced silence” of our loving God. Jesus gives us a practical example in today’s Gospel. Click here to link to this Sunday’s readings. Click here for a transcript of that reflection. %PODCAST%
3rd Sunday in Lent, Cycle A
As we make our journey through Lent, perhaps today’s readings about living water will open up a crack in our hearts of stone where grace can come gushing in. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%
2nd Sunday of Lent, Cycle A
The transfigured Christ beckons even the loneliest, most wounded aspects of our trembling selves to “Rise, and do not be afraid.” Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%
1st Sunday in Lent, Cycle A
Today’s readings offer a stark contrast as Jesus faces the same temptation as that set before Adam and Eve, with a very different outcome… a bracing example as we begin Lent. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%
Solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
The model of power and leadership Christ the King reveals to us could not be a starker contrast to most of the leaders we witness on this earth. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C
The enduring antidote to self-exaltation and its deleterious effects on the spiritual life is love. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C
Entering heaven via “the narrow door” may seem more attainable if we conceive of “narrowness” as “focus.” Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C
Christians have the extraordinary privilege–and responsibility–to be flints striking sparks in which the light of the world is revealed. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Our conviction that God comes to us in the bread and wine of the Eucharist nurtures an undeniably Catholic sacramental imagination, attentive to the possibility of grace in any encounter. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click here for a transcript of Fr. Charlie’s reflection. %PODCAST%