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Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist Mt 9:9-13The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" He heard this and said, "Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. Go and learn the meaning of the words, I desire mercy, not sacrifice. I did not come to call the ...

Fr. John Bath has been a Maryknoll Missioner for 28 years and has extensive mission experience working with refugees in Cambodia and South Sudan. In this episode, you will hear how Fr. Barth built a successful program in Cambodia to train the blind in massage therapy. This program was so successful that it is still active in both Cambodia and now ...

Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy CrossJn 3:13-17For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him....

Monday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary TimeLk 6:6-11Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?"...

Orbis Publisher, Robert Ellsberg, discusses "The Ethics of Doing Nothing" with author Andrew Blosser in this One On One Interview.This book explores the theological and moral significance of practices once familiar to many Christians and Jews, such as Sabbath, vigil-keeping, Shmita (the sabbatical year for the land), and fiesta in relation to the t...

In this epside, we are joined by Gerard O'Connell, associate editor and Vatican correspondent for America Magazine, who recently authored Orbis Books' the Election of Pope Francis, an Inside Account of the Conclave that Change History.Gerry, who's covered the Vatican for nearly 35 years, brings special insight into the current pope as he and his...

Thursday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary TimeMt 24:42-51 Jesus said to his disciples: "Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into."...

Wednesday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary TimeMt 23:27-32Jesus said, "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and every kind of filth. Even so, on the outside you appear righteous, but inside you are filled with hypocrisy a...

Hello everyone, it's Father Daniel Kim here.Thank you so much for your questions. According to this list, it seems like the most common question is, surprise, surprise, why do we give up things for Lent?Well, I'll give you the short answer.It's because Christians, we are called to imitate the life of Christ, and that involves the time he spent in t...

Feast of Saint Bartholomew, ApostleJn 1:45-51Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel." Jesus answered and said to him, "Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this." And he said to him, "Amen, amen, I say to you, you will see heaven opened and ...

Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary TimeMt 20:1-16He said to one of them in reply, "My friend, I am not cheating you. Did you not agree with me for the usual daily wage? Take what is yours and go. What if I wish to give this last one the same as you? Or am I not free to do as I wish with my own money? Are you envious because I am generous?'...

Orbis Publisher, Robert Ellsberg, discusses "The Gospel according to James Baldwin:What America’s Great Prophet Can Teach Us about Life, Love, and Identity" with author Greg Garrett in this One On One Interview.Baldwin’s writing offers critiques of religion, culture, and discrimination, and in the witness of his life he holds up hope and the pr...