[Pearls Ep 164:  Bringing Sunday into the week.] We hope you had an experience of God’s blessing this weekend (and trust that it was there, in any event). On Friday we looked at this from St. John Chrysostom: “Jesus shows that He needed no other to help Him, if so be that He Himself is Read More >

[Pearls Ep 164:  Preparing for Sunday.] We’re looking at Jesus’ amazing words – “I AM the resurrection and the life.” Many time just the first part of that gets referenced – “I AM the resurrection.” But the key is the 2nd half, “and the life.” It seems zombie movies were all the rage for the Read More >

[Pearls Ep 164:  Preparing for Sunday.] This week’s Gospel passage (for the 5th Sunday of Lent), brings us to the raising of Lazarus (John 11:1-45).  Jesus utters, “I AM the resurrection and the life.” It’s such a strange turn of phrase. It would be like a doctor saying, “I am the healing.”  How arrogant.  Yes, Read More >

[Pearls Ep 163:  Answering atheism Tuesday.] The full version of Sunday’s Gospel reading (John 9, 1-41) includes this from Jesus: “I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see might see, and those who do see might become blind.” The great scripture expositor Cornelius a Lapide sums up the teachings Read More >

[Pearls Ep 163:  Bringing Sunday into the week.] He had a mess of bright red hair, and big mouth. And he was sitting next to me. It was the first day of 4th grade.  Not only that, but our quickly-growing town had just opened a new elementary school that drew kids from different parts of Read More >

[Pearls Ep 163:  Preparing for Sunday.] This Sunday’s Gospel (included in the postscript) presents Jesus healing the blind man (no Pearls video this week, emails only).  And just before the healing Jesus declares He is the Light of the World. There is deep significance in this following last Sunday’s Gospel message of Living Water – Read More >

[Pearls Ep 162:  Answering atheism Tuesday.] As we finish looking at Sunday’s Gospel message of Living Water, let’s turn to a practical example. The scourge of depression. We’re particularly thinking of non-clinical depression.  Fulton Sheen regularly distinguished between depression that required legitimate medical intervention of psychiatry (which were relatively few cases) and the flood spiritual Read More >

[Pearls Ep 162:  Preparing for Sunday.] Sunday’s Gospel reading brought us the Woman at the Well, and Christ’s promise for Living Water. This analogy of water is extremely powerful for out spiritual life.  As Exhibit A, we turn to the teachings of St. Teresa of Avila – a great Saint, Doctor of the Church and, Read More >

[Pearls Ep 162:  Preparing for Sunday.] This Sunday’s Gospel brings us to the powerful imagery of “living water.” “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again; but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; the water I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal Read More >

[Pearls Ep 162:  Preparing for Sunday.] This Sunday brings us the epic encounter of Jesus with the Samaritan woman at the well. In this week’s Pearls of the Interior Life (click here for the video), we look at some very practical aspects of “living water.” We look at how God’s grace satisfies our thirst in Read More >