I Was Blind and Now I See

Friends, our Gospel this Sunday is from the twenty-second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. Jesus has been doing battle with the scribes and Pharisees, and this passage brings that great argument to a conclusion in an interesting way. One of the teachers of the law, making an old ...  Show more

Friends, peace be with you—an echo of the words of the risen Jesus in our Gospel for the Second Sunday of Easter, also called Mercy Sunday. Christ gives his disciples the gift of shalom (peace). But there’s an exceptionally important juxtaposition here: He also shows them his wou ...  Show more

<pre>in this episode of the good news podcast, dave and stephan discuss elder massimo de feo's talk, "rise! he calleth thee," from general conference. they highlight the story of bartimaeus, who, though blind, recognized jesus spiritually and called for his mercy. ...  Show more

John 9. Not everyone who encountered Jesus believed in Him. More than opening a blind man’s physical eyes, Jesus opened his spiritual eyes to see that He really was the Son of God, the Messiah, come to save the world. The pharisees simply could not get past their own pride. They ...  Show more

Homily from the Third Sunday of Lent. The greatest grace is to know the depth of our brokenness and to know the depth of His love. Father Walter wanted to be like his heroes. We all want to think that we will be strong in the moment of truth. But the actual moment of truth comes ...  Show more