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Hearing the Call: Scott Hahn Reflects on the 2nd Sunday In the call of Samuel and of the first Apostles, today’s readings shed light on our own calling to be followers of Christ. Notice in the Gospel today that John’s disciples are prepared to hear God’s call. They are already…

Straighten the Path: Scott Hahn on the 2nd Sunday of Advent Our God is coming. The time of exile—the long separation of humankind from God due to sin—is about to end. This is the good news proclaimed in today’s liturgy. Isaiah in today’s First Reading promises Israel’s future release and…

Watch for Him: Scott Hahn on the 1st Sunday of Advent The new Church year begins with a plea for God’s visitation. “Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down,” the prophet Isaiah cries in today’s First Reading. In today’s Psalm, too, we hear the anguished voice of…

When the End Comes: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Solemnity of Christ the King The Church year ends today with a vision of the end of time. The scene in the Gospel is stark and resounds with Old Testament echoes. The Son of Man is enthroned over all nations and…

Settling Accounts: Scott Hahn Reflects on the 33rd Sunday The day of the Lord is coming, Paul warns in today’s Epistle. What matters isn’t the time or the season but what the Lord finds us doing with the new life, the graces He has given to us. This is at…

Members of the Wedding: Scott Hahn Reflects on the 32nd Sunday According to marriage customs of Jesus’ day, a bride was first “betrothed” to her husband but continued for a time to live with her family. Then, at the appointed hour some months later, the groom would come to claim…