Episode 268 - Palms of Victory, Palms of Grace

Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday begins Holy Week not with sorrow, but with a proclamation of Christ’s triumph. The palms we bless and carry are not mere symbols — they are signs of His victory over death, reminders that the enemy is already defeated. We enter the week of His passion knowing the end of the story: the cross will give way to resurrection, suffering to joy. Even as we go with Him to Calvary, we do so under the banner of His already-won victory, protected and strengthened by the grace these palms proclaim.

Episode 267 - Before Abraham Was, I AM

Passion Sunday

As Passiontide begins, Jesus no longer avoids confrontation — He provokes it. In the temple, He speaks openly of His unity with the Father and the freedom found in His word, yet those who briefly believed in Him turn against Him. Their refusal to receive His teaching is bound to their love of darkness and their unwillingness to repent. Still, He offers freedom to all who turn to the light and remain in His word. In Him, the truth is not an idea but a person — and He stands before us.

Episode 266 - More Than Enough

IV Sunday of Lent

We see Him take what is far too little and make it overflow. Five loaves, two fish — nothing that could feed a crowd, yet in His hands it becomes a feast. He shows us that when we give ourselves wholly, even our smallness is enough. The cross still stands ahead, but so does the promise of life beyond it. In His presence, there will always be more than we need.

Episode 265 - Whoever Does Not Gather, Scatters

III Sunday of Lent

The mute demon is cast out, but its silence lingers — a silence that reveals more than noise could. Christ shows us that every kingdom has a structure, even the kingdom of evil. It has ranks, roles, even strategy — but no love, no center that holds. This is not just a story of exorcism. It is a warning: if we are not gathered with Christ, we are scattered. Even neglect is a kind of fracture. The Spirit does not fill an empty house unless invited.

Episode 264 - He Came Out Swinging

I Sunday of Lent

He does not ease into Lent — he enters the desert like a warrior, fasting, facing down the enemy, answering every temptation with the voice of the Father. His baptism and his battle, womb and tomb, all come at once. This is the shape of redemption: whole, undivided, already underway. We begin our fast not to become strong, but to remember where our strength comes from.

Episode 263 - The Power of Abstinence

Ash Wednesday

On Ash Wednesday, we begin our fast — not with dread, but with joy. We remember that abstinence is not deprivation, but power: a weapon against the enemy, a guard for the soul, a path toward freedom. We face our mortality, embrace penance, and enter the season together — publicly, corporately, with ashes and long prayers and hunger. Yet we are warned: without mercy, without almsgiving, without love, the fast fails. Outward acts must be matched by an inward turning. This is how the desert blooms.

Episode 262 - Your Faith Has Saved You

Quinquagesima Sunday

On Quinquagesima Sunday, we turn to three encounters: the rich ruler, the disciples, and the blind beggar. Each is a mirror — of privilege, proximity, and poverty. We watch as the ones with sight and status remain in darkness, while the blind man sees clearly. What opens the way is not knowledge or access, but faith — a faith that cries out, won’t be silenced, and stops Jesus in his tracks. Grace, we learn, flows freely — but only fills what we are willing to open.

Episode 261 - To Finish the Race

Sexagesima Sunday

On Sexagesima Sunday, we turn to the Parable of the Sower. We reflect on the four kinds of soil — and the unsettling truth that most who receive the word do not endure. This isn’t meant to discourage, but to prepare us: for the real dangers of a hardened heart, shallow roots, and a life slowly crowded by the cares of the world. We consider what it means to cling with faithfulness — to show up, to endure, to finish well. Not with brilliance or speed, but with steady trust and love that lasts.

Episode 260 - Where He Was at Home

III Sunday after Epiphany

Jesus made His home in Capernaum. It was where He lived, taught, healed — a center of His ministry and the site of countless miracles. And yet, it became a place of indifference. Those closest to Him, like the people of Nazareth, did not believe. Today we reflect on the contrast between proximity and faith — between those who saw and turned away, and a Roman outsider whose belief astonished Christ. We ask what it means to live close to the holy and not be changed. Have we grown so familiar? We should be in awe.

Episode 259 - Everything is a Sign

Epiphany II 2025

Today in Cana, a village not far from Nazareth, the village where the disciple Nathanael grew up in a small house built into the hill, a young couple, a boy and a girl, friends or maybe relatives of Mary, are celebrating their marriage. Was the love of this boy and girl not also a sign of the day of union of Christ and his bride the Church? And furthermore is that greater union, of Christ and the Church not also a sign? A sign of the love that eternally flows between Father, Son and Spirit.