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Take and Eat: Scott Hahn on the 19th Sunday Sometimes we feel like Elijah in today’s First Reading. We want to lie down and die, keenly aware of our failures—that we seem to be getting no better at doing what God wants of us. We can be tempted to despair,…

Endurance Test: Scott Hahn Reflects on the 18th Sunday The journey of discipleship is a lifelong exodus from the slavery of sin and death to the holiness of truth on Mount Zion, the promised land of eternal life. The road can get rough. And when it does, we can be…

Bread Left Over: Scott Hahn on the 17th Sunday Today’s liturgy brings together several strands of Old Testament expectation to reveal Jesus as Israel’s promised Messiah and King, the Lord who comes to feed His people. Notice the parallels between today’s Gospel and First Reading. Both Elisha and Jesus face…

One Flock: Scott Hahn on the 16th Sunday As the Twelve return from their first missionary journey in today’s Gospel, our readings continue to reflect on the authority and mission of the Church. Jeremiah says in the First Reading that Israel’s leaders, through godlessness and fanciful teachings, had misled and…

The Church’s Mission: Scott Hahn on the 15th Sunday In commissioning the Apostles in today’s Gospel, Jesus gives them, and us, a preview of His Church’s mission after the Resurrection. His instructions to the Twelve echo those of God to the twelve tribes of Israel on the eve of their…

Son of Mary: Scott Hahn on the 14th Sunday As we’ve walked with the Apostles in the Gospels in recent weeks, we’ve witnessed Jesus command the wind and sea, and order a little girl to arise from the dead. But He seems to meet His match in His hometown of…

Arise!: Scott Hahn Reflects on the 13th Sunday God, who formed us in His imperishable image, did not intend for us to die, we hear in today’s First Reading. Death entered the world through the devil’s envy and Adam and Eve’s sin; as a result, we are all bound to…

Vote ‘No’ on Amendment 4! Abortion Amendment to Florida’s Constitution Vote ‘No’ on Amendment 4, the abortion amendment to Florida’s Constitution on the November 2024 ballot. Early voting begins in September! From the Florida Bishops: The Church plays a role in the promotion and attainment of justice and protection of…

Tree of Righteousness: Scott Hahn on the 11th Sunday In the cryptic message of the prophet Ezekiel, long centuries before the Lord’s coming, God gave His people reason to hope. Ezekiel glimpsed a day when the Lord God would place a tree on a mountain in Israel, a tree that…

The Promised One: Scott Hahn Reflects on the 10th Sunday In today’s Gospel Jesus has just been healing and casting out demons in Galilee. Along with the crowds, who flock to Him so that He can’t even take a break to eat, come people who do not understand what He…