Fr. Shawn Gould: Recent Episodes
Fr. Shawn Gould
St. Matthew’s recounting of the magi’s adoration of the Christ-child is reasonable and believable.
Mary’s willingness to let God take the initiative and then respond to Him makes her works abundantly fruitful.
Through the liturgy and meditation we can practice being watchful for the Lord and His Second Coming.
Christ is the king in fact, as well as name, and the church prepares us for His kingdom.
Appreciating and accepting how the Lord’s saving cross has averted the disaster, we can overcome the sins that would otherwise make a hell for us.
We can and must judge our own deeds and the deeds of others, speaking love in truth to those in need of conversion.
The Lord gives us grace to overcome ignorance and error regarding God, so that, with our minds renewed, we can be transformed into heavenly creatures.
The authority of Peter in the Catholic Church can connect us to Christ insofar as papal authority comes from Christ, is exercised subject to Christ, and leads us to Christ.
Reading the scriptures with the Church enables us to know Christ now in preparation for life with Him in heaven.
God has chosen us for glory through His Son; why not choose Him and His Kingdom in return?
With God’s grace we can change from weeds to wheat and be taken into the Kingdom at the harvest.