Father Matthew Wiering Podcast
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
On this Easter Sunday we hear the Gospel of Mary and the disciples discovering the empty tomb. St. John tells us -- unlike the other Gospel writers -- that they discover the empty tomb "in the night". He is referring to the darkness of their faith at that moment. Death has a finality to it that fills us with dread. The repulsion and fear that we feel in the face of death was ritualized in the Jewish impurity laws. Touching a dead body was believed to render a person unclean for days -- so contagious was death that it was thought to infect life with its disorder. But Jesus does the opposite... By allowing death to touch him to the core, he was not rendered unclean. In fact, he is so clean that he is able to transform death so that it no longer carries with it the finality that it once had. In Jesus death no longer has the last word. This is what is shown to us in the Resurrection!
Flowers Bloom in the Desert
New Life from a Dead Stump
The Mass as the Fulfillment of Ancient Prophecy
Thanking God in Good Times and in Bad
Solemnity of Christ the King: Maintaining Hope in the Midst of our Politics
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Heading for Destruction
32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time: What’s our Attitude towards Death?
Solemnity of All Saints: Is Holiness Possible?
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time: Choosing God’s Will instead of My Will
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Importance of the End of our Life
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time: What does it mean to ”Pray Always”?
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time: God Blesses Those Who Humble Themselves
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Does Prayer Change God’s Mind?
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time: What do we Owe the Poor?
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Perplexing Parable of the Dishonest Steward
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Prodigal Son: Which Brother are We?
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Put Jesus First
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Are We Friends with the Poor?
August 21, 2022: Feast of St. Pius the Tenth
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Stepping Out in Faith
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