Videos

Br. Joe Trout, OP, commenting on the story of Cain and Abel, says that God does not treat us all the same or give us all the same gifts because God sees each of us in our uniqueness.

Br. Joe Trout, OP looks at the way that Jesus expands the Law with "You have heard it said...but I say...," noting that he is showing what it is like when you internalize the law and apply it to everything in your life.

Br. Joe Trout, OP breaks open the readings for the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time, challenging us to see more deeply the many layers of meaning in scripture, and how we constantly need to struggle to reinterpret our faith through Christ. As examples of the struggle to understand, he asks how it is that Israel is to be a light to all the nations (from Isaiah); how it is that Christ is light to all the nations (from John), and how it is that John the Baptist, Jesus' cousin, claims that he does not know Jesus (from Mark)?

Br. Joe Trout, OP reminds us that if we only know the works of God, and not the ways of God, we really don't know God.

Br. Joe Trout, OP points out that, in the incarnation, Jesus became dependent on others. As we look at our own life, can we embrace our own dependency on others? On God?

Br. Joe Trout, OP reminds us to work at ordering our life around being loving in everything we do.

Br. Joe Trout, OP reminds us that in heaven, we just need to love God... so let's try that here, rather that feeling we need to be "useful".

Br. Joe Trout, OP, breaks open the readings for the Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, asking us to ponder what it means to be at home in God.