Dad Talk guide to the Sunday Mass readings
John Bursch
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S1E70 Dad Talk - The Ascension of the Lord (Cycle A)
Unless you're in the Boston, Hartford, New York, Omaha, or Philadelphia Dioceses, then this Sunday you're celebrating the Ascension of the Lord. In this week's Dad Talk, we'll explore the many…
S1E69 Dad Talk - Sixth Sunday of Easter (Cycle A)
This Sunday's readings are filled with references to the Holy Spirit, the paraclete. In this week's Dad Talk, we'll unpack those references and discuss how we should be thinking about the Holy Spirt…
S1E68 Dad Talk - Fifth Sunday of Easter (Cycle A)
In this Sunday's first reading, we see the consecration of the Church's first deacons! We'll talk about that passage at length, as well as our own role in teaching and evangelizing the Good News.…
S1E67 Dad Talk - Fourth Sunday of Easter (Cycle A)
This week's readings include the difficult teaching that suffering is our vocation as Christians. We suffer for Christ, our Good Shepherd, because he suffered for us. We'll discuss that subject - and…
S1E66 Dad Talk - Third Sunday of Easter (Cycle A)
The common thread between this Sunday's three readings is that God planned to save us through Jesus's passion, death, and resurrection from the beginning of time. And the readings' details are…
S1E65 Dad Talk - Second Sunday of Easter (Cycle A)
This weekend, we celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday, a devotion that came from the life and writings of Saint Faustina. What's amazing is that our Gospel reading is about Jesus instituting the Sacrament…
S1E64 Dad Talk - Easter (Cycle A)
We'll take a quick look at all the readings from the Easter Vigil (and there are many) because collectively, they contain the entirety of salvation history. We'll conclude with Jesus's encounter with…
S1E63 Dad Talk - Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion
As we enter into the holiest week of the year, it is especially important to pay attention to all the details in our Sunday readings. Hidden inside Jesus's passion narrative are countless prophecies…
S1E62 Dad Talk - Fifth Sunday of Lent (Cycle A)
This week's Gospel reading includes two powerful messages: suffering often glorifies God, and Jesus has the power to defeat death itself. But along the way, the passage throws a few curveballs, such…
S1E61 Dad Talk - Fourth Sunday of Lent (Cycle A)
During this Sunday's Gospel reading, we learn that it is not Jesus or the blind man (who can now see) who are on trial but rather the Pharisees - who persist in their spiritual blindness. In today's…
S1E60 Dad Talk - Third Sunday of Lent (Cycle A)
St. Augustine famously wrote, “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You.” That's absolutely true. But sometimes we forget that Jesus's heart is also…
S1E59 Dad Talk - Second Sunday of Lent (Cycle A)
Anthony the Great explained that Abraham's response to God's call—to do as God directed and leave everything behind—is the model for how we should respond to Jesus's call to repent and follow Him. In…
S1E58 Dad Talk - First Sunday of Lent (Cycle A)
This Sunday's readings contain the entire history of our fallen nature, from Original Sin in the Garden of Eden, to the resulting concupiscence passed to each generation, to our redemption in…
S1E57 Dad Talk - Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle C)
As an anonymous early Church Father explained, Christ's commandment contains the law, but the law does not contain Christ's commandment. In this Sunday's Gospel, Jesus walks through several of the 10…
S1E56 Dad Talk - Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)
In this Sunday's Gospel reading, Jesus exhorts us to be salt and light for the world. But what does he mean by that? And how are we supposed to live that way? We'll explore that subject in today's…
S1E55 Dad Talk - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)
We may tend to move quickly through the Beatitudes in today's Gospel, but they teach us something very important - how to live like Jesus, leading to salvation and evangelization. We'll discuss how…
S1E54 Dad Talk - Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)
Like Abraham, the Apostles in today's Gospel reading heard God's call and immediately left everything behind to do what God asked. We'll discuss what that means for us—and why we hear about Zebulun…
S1E53 Dad Talk - Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)
When John the Baptist sees Jesus, he cries out, "Behold, the Lamb of God." What does he mean by that? We'll explore that comment - and how Paul calls us to be holy - in today's Dad Talk. Please share…
S1E52 Dad Talk - The Baptism of the Lord (Cycle A)
This week's Dad Talk will explore the significance of the Baptism of the Lord as depicted in the Gospels, highlighting unique aspects of each Gospel account. It delves into the prophecies of Isaiah,…
S1E51 Dad Talk - Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord (Cycle A)
This Solemnity's readings include one of the most famous passages in the Gospels: the visit of the three magi. There are many mysteries to unpack in this story—including how the Church Fathers ask us…
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