Friends, happy Easter! Many of you probably know that I’ve spent much of my life reading philosophers and spiritual writers—Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, Cicero, Marcus Aurelius, Anselm, Aquinas, Kant, Hegel. What all those figures have in common is a kind of calm, musing detachment as they talk about high ideas. Well, there’s all of that—and then there’s the ... Show More
Sep 2
Will the Good of the Other
Friends, for the wokeist philosophy that dominates today, empathy—feeling the feelings of the other and not harming those feelings—is treated as a supreme value. But while empathy is perfectly good and decent, the Bible teaches that love, not empathy, is the supreme value. And lo ... Show More
14m 39s
Aug 26
A Living Sacrifice
Friends, for this Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, I want to begin with our very brief second reading from Paul to the Romans. It opens, “I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice.” Here we see Christ’s cross and res ... Show More
14m 58s
Jan 2017
Fr. Mike's Easter Special
For this first week of Easter, Fr. Mike wants us to know how important we are to Jesus. When Jesus rose from the dead, the first people he encountered were Mary Magdalene and his disciples—the ones who believed in him. This Easter, because we believe in him, he comes to us first ... Show More
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Listen to our new Easter podcast! The Characters of Easter: <a href="https://www.lifeaudio.com/the-characters-of-easter/" rel="noopener">https://www.lifeaudio.com/the-characters-of-easter/</a><br><br><br>Also, SUBSCRIBE to our sister podcasts:<br><br>Crosswalk the Devotional: <a ... Show More
Listen to our new Easter podcast! The Characters of Easter: <a href="https://www.lifeaudio.com/the-characters-of-easter/" rel="noopener">https://www.lifeaudio.com/the-characters-of-easter/</a><br><br><br><br>Also, SUBSCRIBE to our sister podcasts:<br><br>Crosswalk the Devotional: ... Show More
