Father Matthew Wiering Podcast
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
In John Chapter 12 we encounter Jesus at the height of his career. He has just raised Lazarus who had been dead four days in the tomb. When he enters Jerusalem for the last time, crowds gather to sing and wave palm branches in celebration. In today's Gospel we see that even the Greek-speaking Jews who have traveled a great distance to Jerusalem have heard about him and are trying to see him. Everybody is talking about him, and many desire to crown him King of Israel. It is at this moment, when Jesus has so many eating from the palm of his hand, that he announces how he, the Son of Man, will be glorified: "Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it will yield a rich harvest. Whoever loves his life loses it, but whoever hates his life will save it for eternal life." To say that this is not what the crowd is expecting Jesus to say would be an understatement. Yet Jesus is showing us the secret to new life in Christ: We must die to ourselves every day, so that Christ will live anew within me.
5/24/20: Ascension Sunday: Even in Times of Struggle, the Father's Hand is Raised in Blessing
5/17/20: 6th Sunday of Easter: The Inner Life of God ... and What We Have to Do with It!
5/10/20: 5th Sunday of Easter: On Mother's Day, A Message on God's Fatherhood
5/3/20: 4th Sunday of Easter: The Shepherd Who Searches for You
4/26/20: 3rd Sunday of Easter: With Downcast Eyes We Cannot Recognize God
4/19/20: 2nd Sunday of Easter: The Healing Power of Forgiveness (a.k.a. The Wisdom of Dolly Parton)
4/12/20: Easter Sunday: The Life that Breaks Forth from Jesus
4/10/20: Good Friday: The Cup the Father Gave Us
4/9/20: Holy Thursday: Unless We Let Jesus Wash Us...
4/5/20: Palm Sunday: The Lent We Wanted but Didn't Have
Bible Study: The Raising of Lazarus
3/29/20: 5th Sunday of Lent: Jesus, the Remedy for our Spiritual Death
Bible Study: Annunciation #2 (Luke 1)
3/25/20: The Annunciation to Mary and More Masses Suspended
3/22/20: 4th Sunday of Lent: The Man Born Blind is Us
3/20/20: A Message for SMSU Students from your Chaplain
3/19/20: St. Joseph's Day and the Suspension of Masses
3/15/20: 3rd Sunday of Lent: What We Are Really Thirsting For
3/8/20: 2nd Sunday of Lent: The Light that Shines in the Darkness
3/1/20: 1st Sunday of Lent: Adam and Eve and Right and Wrong
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