Episodes
While discussing Christ?'s establishment of the Sacrament of Confession, Fr. Mitch examines how the benefits of Reconciliation can also come with certain risks.
Published 05/28/24
Fr. Mitch discusses Christ's Great Commission and explores how Christ corrected the apostles' cowardice by explaining the Old Testament in light of His death and resurrection.
Published 05/21/24
Fr. Mitch compares the apostles’ struggle to believe in Jesus’ resurrection with the present crisis where some clergy have avoided the doctrinal and moral demands of Catholicism.
Published 05/14/24
Fr. Mitch examines the conversation between the resurrected Jesus and the two individuals on the road to Emmaus, and the appearance of Christ to the disciples in the Upper Room.
Published 05/07/24
Fr. Mitch takes us back in time to the afternoon of Christ’s resurrection, as the Lord Jesus, according to St. Hegesippus, meets his own relatives and walks with them to Emmaus.
Published 04/30/24
Fr. Mitch analyzes the events on the day of Christ’s resurrection. The actions of priests and elders who tried to stifle the good news of the risen Christ has many parallels today.
Published 04/23/24
Published 04/16/24
As Catholics rejoice in the resurrection of Jesus on Easter, Fr. Mitch looks at the importance and meaning of this event that fulfilled the Scriptures in today’s live Bible study.
Published 04/09/24
Fr. Mitch goes back to the beginning of creation and the start of Christ’s earthly life to better understand His statement from the Cross at the end, when He says “It is finished…”
Published 04/02/24
Fr. Mitch contrasts Christ’s love for souls with the selfish desires of narcissistic clergy who have abused these souls. Plus, what was Jesus really thirsting for on the cross?
Published 03/26/24
Jesus’ final words on the cross show how His fulfillment of Psalm 22 reaches atheists, abuse victims and others who are suffering and feel abandoned and far from the love of God.
Published 03/19/24
Fr. Mitch contrasts the mockery experienced by Jesus with the love and compassion shown to Him by His mother, Mary, John the Apostle and Mary Magdalene at the foot of the Cross.
Published 03/12/24
In his Bible study, Fr. Mitch compares Jesus’ experience of being mocked as He hung on the cross to the mockery that many victims of abuse experience from the people around them.
Published 03/05/24
Fr. Mitch speaks on the implications of Jesus’ perceived guilt when he was crucified between two criminals, and how many abuse victims struggle to overcome their feeling of guilt.
Published 02/27/24
Fr. Mitch uses the indignity Jesus suffered during his crucifixion to illustrate how abuse victims can encounter His healing power through their shared experiences of humiliation.
Published 02/20/24
Fr. Mitch illustrates how the women’s compassion for Jesus along the Via Dolorosa is a guiding example for how the Church should approach those suffering from the abuse crisis.
Published 02/13/24
Today’s focus on Catholics strong devotion to Jesus’ Way of the Cross, reminds us we all need frequent reminders that suffering is an essential component of being a disciple.
Published 02/06/24
In his live, interactive Bible study, Fr. Mitch examines Jesus’ second trial before Pilate, and in particular, focuses on Pilate’s political expedience in his dealings with Jesus.
Published 01/30/24
Fr. Mitch looks at the political aspects of Jesus’ trials, and draws parallels to how the sex abuse crisis has often become an occasion of politicizing accusations against clergy.
Published 01/23/24
In today’s live, interactive Bible study, Fr. Mitch reaches deep into his mailbag to answer some of the viewer questions he hasn’t been able to get to in his previous shows.
Published 01/16/24
In today’s Bible study, Fr. Mitch compares the sin of despair committed by Judas after his betrayal of Jesus, to the painful despair of sex scandal victims and their perpetrators.
Published 01/09/24
Fr. Mitch explains the Maronite Rite’s liturgical version of Advent and Christmas, beginning with the announcement to Zechariah and ending with the finding of Jesus in the Temple.
Published 12/19/23
In his live, interactive Bible Study, Fr. Mitch looks at the suicide of the Apostle and Jesus' betrayer, Judas Iscariot, and examines the motives and effects of his betrayal.
Published 12/12/23
In his look at the verdict in Jesus’ trial, Fr. Mitch points out legal procedural discrepancies that Caiaphas and others conveniently ignored in order to get a quick conviction.
Published 12/05/23
“If Jesus is with us, why doesn’t He answer our prayers?” “What happens after we die?” Fr. Mitch answers these and other viewer questions on this edition of his mail bag show.
Published 11/28/23