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Fr. Scott Steinkerchner, OP

Fr. Scott is the Promoter of Media for the Province, and is an author and professor, specializing in systematic theology and interreligious dialogue.

Videos

The Fifth Sunday of Lent

Fr. Scott Steinkerchner, OP breaks open the readings for the Fifth Sunday of Lent, pointing out what is different in the "new covenant" that the prophet Jeremiah says God will place in our hearts. Through embracing suffering we will learn obedience to God, as Jesus did, and God will give us the grace to endure and overcome.

22 Feb • The good and the bad

On this Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, we remember that Jesus built his church on the rock that is Peter. But we also remember that he next told Peter, "Get behind me Satan!" There is good and bad in all of us, so let's celebrate the good and forgive and challenge the bad.

21 Feb • The sign of Jonah

Jesus told the crowds that they will get no sign from him except the "sign of Jonah." Jonah tried to run from God until he spent three days in the belly of the whale. When he came out, he had a new conviction. Likewise, the apostles, after the resurrection, preached with a new conviction. May our preaching be as powerful.

10 Feb • Stick around for the good stuff

Jesus preached for three days to 4000 people in a deserted place in gentile territory. They ran out of food, but in the end, Jesus miraculously fed them. But they stayed listening for three days, knowing they had no food. May we be so open to God's working in the world that we stick around until the final blessing.

9 Feb • Grace in the mess

Jesus healed a man who was deaf and mute by going off alone, sticking his fingers in the man's ears, spitting on his tongue, and groaning to heaven. Can we heal and be healed away from the spectacle but in the midst of the mess of life, because that is where we will find grace.