Bound in Love

Man and Wife, Claimed by Christ, Bound in Love, Stumbling toward Heaven

September 2021

  • Fire Pits

    Here on the 26th Sunday in ordinary time, the readings have a seriousness of tone that will continue through the first couple of weeks of Advent. In the reading from Saint James, and in the teaching from Jesus in the gospel, we are challenged to take seriously the reality of Gehenna. So what is Gehenna? Continue reading

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  • The Fourth Cup

    Some of you may be familiar with a talk given by Scott Hahn called the Fourth Cup. Scott does a great job of taking you on a great journey of discovery as a Protestant preacher to learn something profound about the Catholic Mass. From Scott’s talk, you get the sense that his understanding of the Continue reading

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  • The Scandal and Triumph of the Cross

    For the last couple of sessions we have focused on the problem of sin, both the original sin that messed up God’s creation and the actual sins that we commit. Today, we will talk about the central action taken by Jesus to fix that problem for us. And we will work our way through some Continue reading

  • Actual Sin

    Last week we talked about the church’s teaching on Original Sin, and this week we are going to talk about actual sin. I just want to spend a few minutes giving some context on why we spent so much time on Original Sin. Our program is called Faith and Mission, and sometimes by the word Continue reading