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.
10/27/19: 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Authentic Faith Leads to Love (a.k.a. Don't be The Church Lady)
10/20/19: 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time: We Can't Do it Alone
10/13/19: 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Humility (and Gratitude!) for Suffering
10/6/19: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time: To Have Faith is to Surrender
9/29/19: 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time: God Prefers the Poor (a.k.a. What Will Keep Us Out of Hell)
9/22/19: 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Opposite of Love is Use
9/15/19: 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Prodigal Son and the Foolish Mercy of God
9/8/19: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time: "Hating" our Loved Ones (a.k.a. Loving God First)
9/1/19: 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time: The Humble Realize they are Needy Too
8/25/19: 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time: Our Salvation Depends on It
8/15/19: What the Assumption of Mary Means for Us
8/11/19: 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Your Father is Pleased
8/4/19: 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time: What Matters to God
7/28/19: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Importance of Wasting Time (a.k.a. How We Fall in Love)
6/2/19: Ascension Sunday: Why the Disciples were Happy that Jesus Left
5/26/19: 6th Sunday of Easter: How to Restore Peace in our Hearts (a.k.a. The Pirate's Prayer)
5/19/19: 5th Sunday of Easter: Love is Proven by Deeds (a.k.a. Why Catholics have Crucifixes)
5/12/19: 4th Sunday of Easter: Imitating the most Famous Belgian Ever
5/5/19: 3rd Sunday of Easter: Charcoal Fires and Cheetos
4/28/19: 2nd Sunday of Easter: The Locked Door of our Heart
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