Word to Life - August 1, 2008
Posted by Fr. Aquinas on 01 Aug 2008 at 07:16 pm | Tagged as: Word to Life
A priest, Buzz Aldrin, and the members of Black Sabbath (sans Ozzie) walk into a studio . . .
Sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, right? Well, sometimes reality is stranger than fiction. This very scenario unfolded earlier today at the studio as I arrived for this afternoon’s show. Walking through the Sirius lobby, you can run into just about anyone. It’s the new areopagus. And in the middle of it all is The Catholic Channel.
On this afternoon’s show Br. Jerome Zeiler, OP, joined me to discuss the readings for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary time: Isaiah 55:1-3; Romans 8:35, 37-39; and Matthew 14:13-21. We examined the theme of divine providence that emerges from all three readings, and we tried to understand this mystery in light of the evil we sometimes suffer. Tune in . . . I think we may have given Christopher Hitchens a run for his money.
In the show’s last segment I spoke with Fr. Chad Partain, the pastor of St. Paul the Apostle Church in Mansura, Louisiana. Fr. Partain gave us an update on his parish’s new shrine to St. Philomena, and he also shared with us some thoughts for this Sunday’s homily.
