Know Before You Go

Fr. Don Goergen, OP unpacks the Sunday readings, noting that while Jesus built his church on Peter "The Rock," God still continues to build up the church using us as living stones, but only if we can trust God.

Fr. Scott Steinkerchner, OP, Promoter of Media, opens up the readings for Sunday, relating God's slowly unfolding plan to gather all people into the plan of salvation.

Fr. James Marchionda, OP, Prior Provincial of the Dominican Friars, Province of St. Albert the Great, breaks open the Sunday readings for us, encouraging us to listen for God, not in the noise, but in the little whispers.

Fr. Don Goergen, OP, breaks open the Sunday readings for August 2, 2020, the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, encouraging us to grieve our losses, but to address that grief with faith so that we can emerge with even more compassion and love for others.

Fr. James Marchionda, OP, Prior Provincial, breaks open the Sunday readings for us, praying that we open ourselves to be guided by God's Holy Wisdom.

Fr. Jim Marchionda, OP, Prior Provincial of the Central Province, unpacks the Sunday readings for us, reminding us that God is good and forgiving, and thus, we can forgive ourselves for the bad that is within us and nurture the good that is there as well.

Fr. Don Goergen, OP challenges us to take seriously our need to be good soil, and to care for all creation.

Fr. Don Goergen, OP reminds us that Jesus gives rest to the weary by sending the Holy Spirit to help us carry our burdens.

Fr. James Marchionda, Prior Provincial of the Province of St. Albert the Great, reminds us that we are to love God as much as we love the closest members of our family—not that we start to love them less, but that we begin to love God more.

Fr. James Marchionda, OP, Prior Provincial of the Dominican Province of St. Albert the Great breaks open the Word for this coming Sunday, challenging us to do the right thing, even when it is difficult.

Fr. Don Goergen, O.P. preaches for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, reminding us that God always finds a way to be with us, a comforting thought in these troubling times.

Fr. Jude McPeak, Promoter of Vocations, reminds us that in the Trinity, differences don't divide—a model we should try to live by.

Fr. Don Goergen, OP reminds us that the Holy Spirit is an unconquerable gift of power that is meant for all, which is a blessing and a challenge.

Fr. Jim Marchionda, OP reminds us that we may not understand everything that God is doing in, through, and around us, but that God will send the Holy Spirit to give us the power to do what we need to do. Trust that.

Fr. James Marchionda, OP exhorts us to look around ourselves and see the many reasons for hope that are manifest, and then to be ready to give witness to this hope to whomever asks.

Fr. Jude McPeak, OP, Promoter of Vocations for the Province of St. Albert the Great, exhorts us to grow in God's love by allowing ourselves to trust in God more.

Fr. James Marchionda, OP, Prior Provincial of the Dominican Province of St. Albert the Great, invites us to think more deeply about what a Good Shepherd we have in Jesus Christ, so that, living in that security, we can be good shepherds to others.

Fr. Donald Goergen, OP, Assistant to the Provincial, likens this time of pandemic to Jesus' time in the tomb—a time of transformation to new life. What will it mean for us to live the resurrection? How will we be different, better?

Fr. Jude McPeak, OP, Promoter of Vocations, speaks on the importance of doubt in the life of faith.

Fr. James Marchionda, OP, Prior Provincial, reminds us that the empty tomb was full of the promise of new life. In the same way, the emptiness we are feeling during the pandemic can lead to hope of a better life.

Fr. Jude McPeak, OP, Promoter of Vocations, orients us to Palm Sunday and Holy Week so that we can experience the fullest power and challenge of these days.

Fr. James Marchionda, OP, Prior Provincial, offers us hope that God, who raised Lazarus from the dead, has promised us even greater—life everlasting!

Fr. James Marchionda, OP, Prior Provincial, in speaking about the healing of the man born blind, reminds us that it is not because of sin that we suffer.

Fr. Jude McPeak, OP, Promoter of Vocations, invites us to go out and encounter the woman at the well, opening ourselves to being healed by God.