Faith and love require that we enter more deeply into Christian community.

We note how Peter and John, entering Jesus' empty tomb, reach a moment of insight which convinces them of his resurrection.

Barabbas is "son of the father."  Jesus, "son of the father" in the deepest sense, takes the place of every last one of us.

Jesus is the grain of wheat which loses its identity in order to bring forth an unexpected harvest.

Jesus revives Lazarus because he is God and can do so, but also because he is human and he feels the bitterness of bereavement.

The best-known verse of the Bible, and the end of the Hebrew Bible.

You'd think those beholding the healing of a man born blind would rejoice.  Instead, he is a problem.

On the foolishness of God.

Pope Francis in Iraq and the beauty of dialogue.

What does it mean to rise from the dead?

Jesus is entirely like us, having experienced the struggle with temptation.

The man who is healed talks too much.  We need to consider whether we, likewise, talk too much.

A discussion of the mysteries of time, on a recording which I think runs on until almost the Eucharistic Prayer.

On preferring the authority of one's arguments over an argument from authority.

On the "Sunday of the Word of God," we have to consider the context of the Scriptures we hear at Mass.  Jonah was called by God, but he was quite an unwilling prophet!

Sorry, merely a summary on the matter of being called by God.