Episodes
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Mercy Is The Way
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
11SEP22 (22cO24). Human’s understand Justice, we don’t understand Mercy as much. God is perfectly Just, but also infinitely Merciful. He gives us Mercy because it is the only way to reconciliation and relationship. May we know that great gift and give it. This world does not need more Justice, but more Mercy.
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Andy Bogen Funeral
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
10SEP22. Andy Bogen was an English Teacher at the Yokosuka Middle School. He died unexpectedly on the anniversary of John the Baptist’s own death. I was blessed to be able to offer the Mass for the repose of his soul. He was a fan of CS Lewis (I am too), so I drew a lot from CS Lewis’s sermon “The Weight of Glory” https://www.wheelersburg.net/Downloads/Lewis%20Glory.pdf .
Friday Sep 09, 2022
Education as Formation and Not Just Information
Friday Sep 09, 2022
Friday Sep 09, 2022
09SEP22. Conversation with Megan McMechan the Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Community at the Chapel of Hope in Yokosuka Japan. We talk about Education. Education in the early Church, monasteries, parishes, and in the US. Parents are the primary educators of their children as a whole human person which is more than just getting a job. Here is a great site to learn about Catholic engagement of reason, faith, and science: https://www.reasonfaithscience.com/ .
Saturday Sep 03, 2022
Cost of Discipleship
Saturday Sep 03, 2022
Saturday Sep 03, 2022
04SEP22 (22cO23). Jesus is not a good recruiter. He tells us not about all the good things of discipleship, but all the things we need to give up. The cost of discipleship is high. It is not a small call of what maybe we happen to give, but a call of all.
Saturday Aug 27, 2022
Humility is the Mother of All Virtue
Saturday Aug 27, 2022
Saturday Aug 27, 2022
28AUG22 (22cO22). Humility is the virtue opposed to pride. Pride brought down Satan, Adam & Eve, and can easily bring us down. We pray for humility by recognizing the reality of our dirtness as well as our inestimable value. The Mass gives us plenty of moments of humility in prayer, let us engage in those prayers and grow in humility and combat pride so we may be the best of friends to God and neighbor.
Saturday Aug 20, 2022
Salvation is Discipleship, Which Requires Discipline
Saturday Aug 20, 2022
Saturday Aug 20, 2022
21AUG22 (22cO21). Will only be a few be saved? We are the chosen few right? Everyone else won’t be saved, but we will. Actually, we need to strive! Enter through the narrow gate. It is not enough to just know Jesus or be an acquaintance. Jesus wants us to be disciples. The way we become disciples is through discipline. There are many ways that that we are disciplined. Mass, fasting, penance, service, confession, and learning. Let us not assume salvation, but strive for salvation and the Lord will provide.
Monday Aug 15, 2022
The Christian life is Combat
Monday Aug 15, 2022
Monday Aug 15, 2022
14AUG22 (22cO20). St. Catherine of Sienna said “Without war there is no peace”. Combat and war is division and difficulty. We seek peace in this world, but not as the world gives. We may be in tension with ourselves and that is ok as long as you never give up. Pray for that blazing fire.
Thursday Aug 11, 2022
Assumptions About Holy Days
Thursday Aug 11, 2022
Thursday Aug 11, 2022
11AUG22. Conversation with Megan McMechan the Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Community at the Chapel of Hope in Yokosuka Japan. We talk about Holy Days of Obligation and about the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
I will offer two links.
Ideas about how to celebrate the feast day from a Catholic mother: https://www.elizabethclareblog.com/celebrating-the-assumption-of-mary/
More about Eastern Catholic Church: https://www.cathedralsaintpaul.org/sites/default/files/files/2014-08-17_weekly%20column.pdf
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
07AUG22 (22cO19). “With great power comes great responsibility” was popularized by Spider-man. It is certainly a truth we understand in our moral, ethics, and law. The Gospel today indicates this understanding with greater punishment for those who are more blameworthy. Catholicism makes the distinction between Mortal and Venial sins. We are to avoid sin and pursue goodness. If we fail and turn away from God in a serious way it seriously hurts us and we must turn back to God.
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
The First Principle and Foundation
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
Saturday Aug 06, 2022
31JUL22 (22cO18). What are we made for? What end (Telos) are we made for? To fulfill our purpose is happiness. We are made for God and love. When we seek the things of this world as our end we are disappointed. St. Ignatius of Loyola beautifully wrote “The First Principle and Foundation”. It is an amazing statement that is a challenge to everyone.