Father Fessio in Five

83: The Significance of the Cross

Fr. Fessio explains why the symbol of the cross embodies the essential message of Christianity. With this episode, Fr. Fessio has recorded an episode for every year of his life. Also stay tuned because when we return next week for “Father Fessio in Five,” we will have a new look and new recording equipment!

82: Why God Wanted Us to Discover Wine

Fr. Fessio continues his discussion wine making and argues that God wanted us to discover wine.

81: Fr. Fessio Explains Wine Making

As an example of God’s beautiful design in creation, Fr. Fessio details the science of wine making.

80: God in the Atomic World

The more we study creation and the microscopic world, the more we find God.

79: Is Jesus Present in Every Molecule of the Eucharist?

Fr. Fessio encourages Eucharistic reverence while avoiding scrupulosity.

78: Can We Call Somebody a Fool?

Jesus calls the Scribes and Pharisees “blind fools,” but in the same Gospel He says that those who calls their brother “a fool” are subject to the fires of Gehenna. So how are we to reconcile these two passages?

77: His Mercy is on Those Who Fear Him

Fr. Fessio examines Mary’s longest discourse, the Magnificat, to explain what kind of mercy God offers to those who fear Him.

76: Faith in God

Drawing on the Fathers of the Church, Fr. Fessio outlines what it means to have “faith in God.”

75: Thrown Into The Fire

At the end of the age, will all people be thrown into the fire?

74: Hope in a Chaotic World

The Prophet Jeremiah laments the corruption of the next generation but finds his hope in God.

73: Have I Fought the Good Fight?

Saint Paul says we must fight not just well, but BEAUTIFULLY.

72: Notes from the Underworld

Who is going to hell? Most, a few, all, none? Stop asking the wrong question. 

69: What Happened to the Old Hebrew Law?

Jesus said that "not one jot or tittle" of the Law would change. . . Am I sinning by trimming by beard? 

68: WHY?

We need to go back to the most basic question:  Why does anything exist at all?

67: Fine, We Share the Divine Nature—So What?

What difference does divinization make if we still have to go to the DMV like everyone else? 

66: Simon Peter Says: God Makes Us Divine

Jesus brings heaven down to us, right here on the ground, among the commoners—if we accept him.

65: Quantum Physics Point to God [Science and Love, pt. 3]

Physicists agree: There is no way to understand electrons. But Christians add: "Except God."

64: Astrophysics Point to God [Science and Love, pt. 2]

"Dark energy" is a scientific fact, but nobody is talking about what it proves: there is something beyond this universe—something very, very powerful indeed.

63: Microbiology Points to God [Science and Love, pt 1]

Evolution's real, but it isn't everything. Biology brings us to the Lord, and I'll prove it—with cholesterol. STAY TUNED NEXT EPISODE FOR MORE ON SCIENCE.

62: Just Follow YOUR Call

God gives EACH of us—laymen, priests, nuns, monks, bums—our own gifts. If only we'd accept them!

61: Don't Just "Be Good," But GO

For Saint Paul, Christianity requires motion. 

60: Don't Fear the Reaper

With Jesus, you have ALREADY died—and LIFE has already won out.

59: God Makes Himself Small

He does it in order to make us—in a way—divine. 

58: At Meribah and Massah [The Best Part of Waking Up, pt. 2]

Father, lead us not into complaining.

57: The Best Part of Waking Up

... is ringing out our joy to the God who saves us. In other words, the Invitatory.

56: Peace and the Church

"Peace be to you," Jesus says. But do we really know Christ's peace?

55: The Art of Moving On

Don't let sin stop you from praising Jesus. Saint Peter DENIED GOD and lived to preach about it.  

54: No Time to Pray?

Too busy to pray? Then you've got your life backwards.

53: Lead Us Not into Temptation

Does God tempt us?

52: You Have to March to Be Christian

Galatians 5 tells us to walk—together, like soldiers.