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.
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time: What Blind Bartimaeus can Teach Us
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Who Knows What‘s Best for our Life?
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jesus is the Most Jealous Lover
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time: God did not Create us to be Independent
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Freedom from Envy and Judgementalism
The Need for Spiritual Motherhood in the Church
National Shrine of St. Joseph: God Calls Men to be Spiritual Leaders of their Families
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Physical Healing, Spiritual Healing
22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time: What's our Attitude towards the Laws of the Church?
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time: Christ the Bridegroom
Assumption 2021: Why it Matters that Mary was Assumed into Heaven
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Coming to Mass Empty and Leaving Full
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Necessity of Prayer (a.k.a. Love Takes Time)
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Our Poverty and God's Providence
Bonus: The Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time: A Lamp in the Darkness
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Sleeping during the Storms of Life
11th Sunday of Ordinary Time: The Power of Sacrifice in Silence and Secret
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood: Why We Need the Eucharist
On the Feast of the Visitation: Who is the Church Called to Be?
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