Alleluia! Our greatest and most ancient foe–Death–is shattered by Jesus Christ. Click here to link to the readings for Easter Sunday. Click the Play button below to hear Fr. Charlie’s reflection on those readings. Click here for a transcript of that reflection. Easter Sunday %PODCAST%
Fractio Verbi
Good Friday: April 18, 2014
Truth can be hard to find in this world. But today it cannot be avoided, as it confronts each of us in the wood of the cross on which our Savior was slain. Click here for the day’s readings. Click the Play button below to hear Fr. Charlie’s reflection on the readings. Click here for […]
Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper: April 17, 2014
What would you do if you knew for sure you had just one more day to live? When He found Himself in that very circumstance, Jesus knelt down and loved His friends in an astonishing act of service. Click here for the readings of Holy Thursday. Click the Play button below to listen to Fr. […]
5th Sunday of Lent: April 6, 2014
Re-visiting the story of Lazarus and his bereft sisters Mary and Martha, Fr. Charlie reminds us that Catholics aren’t exempted from grief, but accompanied through it by a compassionate, loving God. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click the Play button below to hear Fr. Charlie’s reflection on those readings. Click here for […]
Laetare Sunday (4th Sunday of Lent): March 30, 2014
In working through the story of Jesus healing the man born blind, Fr. Charlie confronts with us the conundrum of why it can be so challenging to answer the straightforward question “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click the Play button below to hear Fr. […]
3rd Sunday in Lent: March 23, 2014
Only Jesus Christ could get from “give me a drink” to transforming someone’s life in a single conversation. Listen to Fr. Charlie give expression to the deep thirst built into each of us, quenchable only One Way. Click here to link directly to the Sunday readings. Click the Play button below to listen to Fr. […]
1st Sunday of Lent–March 9, 2014
“You will be like gods.” Now THERE is a pitch that sells fruit! But Jesus has a better idea, as we hear in this week’s Gospel. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click the Play button below to hear Fr. Charlie’s reflection on those readings. Click here for a transcript of that reflection. […]
Ash Wednesday: March 5, 2014
How does a smudge of dust on our forehead become a symbol of hope and a reminder that “now is the time” to run back into the waiting arms of a God who yearns for our return? Click the Play button below to hear Fr. Charlie shed some light on that question. Click here […]
8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle A–March 2, 2014
Why yes, yes we CAN make the audacious claim that God lavishes each of us with a prodigal love, and we can nestle into that knowledge like a child might rest on a sleepy ride home. Fr. Charlie illuminates how. Click here to link to the Sunday readings. Click the Play button below to hear […]
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time–February 23, 2014
“Be holy as I am holy…” it’s not just a suggestion. Fr. Charlie gives us some insights into how we can be transformed by heeding God’s exhortation to follow His example. Click here to link to the readings for this Sunday. Click the Play button below to listen to Fr. Charlie’s reflection on the readings. […]