Father Fessio in Five (by Ignatius Press)
Five-minute Catholic wisdom—or in Latin, “disjecta membra”—from Ignatius Press’ founder, editor, and priest, Father Joseph Fessio, S.J., Ph.D., a student of Joseph Ratzinger and Henri de Lubac, a winemaker, a baker, and, at times, ”the most powerful man in the American Church.”
Episodes
![60: Don't Fear the Reaper](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/Dance_of_Death_replica_of_15th_century_fresco_National_Gallery_of_Slovenia_copy_rpz5qx_300x300.jpg)
2 days ago
60: Don't Fear the Reaper
2 days ago
2 days ago
With Jesus, you have ALREADY died—and LIFE has already won out.
![59: God Makes Himself Small](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/CRL_Crown_rump_length_12_weeks_ecografia_Dr_Wolfgang_Moroder_q5kse9_300x300.jpeg)
5 days ago
![58: At Meribah and Massah [The Best Part of Waking Up, pt. 2]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/No_Whining_We_Mean_It_4784757012__4m9pe8_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
58: At Meribah and Massah [The Best Part of Waking Up, pt. 2]
Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
Father, lead us not into complaining.
![57: The Best Part of Waking Up](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/Cup_of_coffee_for_the_wounded_4688586476__ik7g2r_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jul 08, 2024
57: The Best Part of Waking Up
Monday Jul 08, 2024
Monday Jul 08, 2024
... is ringing out our joy to the God who saves us. In other words, the Invitatory.
![56: Peace and the Church](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/Sant_Angelo_bridge_dusk_Rome_Italy_nf64c2_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Jul 04, 2024
56: Peace and the Church
Thursday Jul 04, 2024
Thursday Jul 04, 2024
"Peace be to you," Jesus says. But do we really know Christ's peace?
![55: The Art of Moving On](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/St_Peter_Preaching_02_t98y49_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
55: The Art of Moving On
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
Tuesday Jul 02, 2024
Don't let sin stop you from praising Jesus. Saint Peter DENIED GOD and lived to preach about it.
![54: No Time to Pray?](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/Woman_Stressed_At_Work_d7yuij_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jun 21, 2024
54: No Time to Pray?
Friday Jun 21, 2024
Friday Jun 21, 2024
Too busy to pray? Then you've got your life backwards.
![53: Lead Us Not into Temptation](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/The_Worship_of_the_Golden_Calf_Filippino_Lippi__uemffw_300x300.png)
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
![52: You Have to March to Be Christian](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/Evan_E_Worthing_Colts_Marching_Band_fbt8rd_300x300.jpg)
Thursday May 30, 2024
52: You Have to March to Be Christian
Thursday May 30, 2024
Thursday May 30, 2024
Galatians 5 tells us to walk—together, like soldiers.
![51: God Wants Co-writers](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/Postcard_titled_the_dumb_typist_14649907226_cropped__tddftf_300x300.jpg)
Friday May 10, 2024
51: God Wants Co-writers
Friday May 10, 2024
Friday May 10, 2024
Who wrote the Bible? God? People? The answer is yes. And it's better that way.
![50: Be a Joseph](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/FlightIntoEgypt_j6a4ew_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
![49: OUR Father—Not Just "My" Father](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/service-pnp-fsa-8d27000-8d27700-8d27790v_pkghjn_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
49: OUR Father—Not Just "My" Father
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
Wednesday Apr 17, 2024
"We," "us," is distinctly, uniquely Christian.
![48: Punishment and Mercy](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/Releasing_IDF_prisoners_of_war_FL63585184__tcgaif_300x300.jpg)
Monday Apr 08, 2024
48: Punishment and Mercy
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Monday Apr 08, 2024
The Old Testament can seem brutal at times. Is God really love? King David gives us the key.
![47: Fear and Faith](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/640px-COS_09_wt2654_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
47: Fear and Faith
Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
Wednesday Mar 27, 2024
"Daughter, your faith has made you well."
![46: Can We Help Jesus to Rejoice? (Colossians Up Close, pt. 9)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/Kruis_san_damiano_bright_ray39v_300x300.gif)
Monday Mar 11, 2024
46: Can We Help Jesus to Rejoice? (Colossians Up Close, pt. 9)
Monday Mar 11, 2024
Monday Mar 11, 2024
"In my flesh," St. Paul says, "I complete what is lacking in Christ's" . . . joy?
![45: Who Is Speaking in the Psalms—God, David, or Israel?](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/Engagement_Ring_Mexico_2023_p2_gk5uav_300x300.jpg)
Monday Mar 04, 2024
45: Who Is Speaking in the Psalms—God, David, or Israel?
Monday Mar 04, 2024
Monday Mar 04, 2024
The answer is YES. And that's how it is supposed to be.
![44: Roots, Roots, Roots (Colossians Up Close, pt. 8)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/Ilex_aquifolium_-_roots_01_6uccdk_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
44: Roots, Roots, Roots (Colossians Up Close, pt. 8)
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Without roots, trees collapse, and plants blow around like tumbleweeds. Jesus wants our roots to be in him.
![43: We Are Far Closer Together Than We Know (Colossians Up Close, pt. 7)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/Start_of_the_three-legged_race_Fair_at_Albany_Vermont_by_Carl_Mydans_United_States_Office_of_War_Information_September_1936_from_the_Library_of_Congress_-_master-pnp-fsa-8a02000-8a02400-8a02480atif_3m_300x300.jpg)
Monday Feb 12, 2024
43: We Are Far Closer Together Than We Know (Colossians Up Close, pt. 7)
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Our lives are more intertwined than we can ever realize on earth. Yet how much more is CHRIST'S life—and his suffering—linked to ours.
![42: Knowledge vs. Wisdom . . . and Where the Twain Meet (Colossians Up Close, pt. 6)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/Boethius_Consolatio_philosophiae_French__fd5ayz_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
42: Knowledge vs. Wisdom . . . and Where the Twain Meet (Colossians Up Close, pt. 6)
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
According to Paul, you can't know anything, much less apply that knowledge, without Jesus.
![41: Do You Really Know What "Mystery" Means? (Colossians Up Close, pt. 5)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/Mystery_339f7f_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
41: Do You Really Know What "Mystery" Means? (Colossians Up Close, pt. 5)
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Christ lives within us. We think we know it, but a thousand lifetimes are not enough to grasp it.
![40: Was Jesus Thirty-Three—or Much, Much, Much Older? (Colossians Up Close, pt.4)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/Catacombe_Comodilla_01_d2y9bn_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
40: Was Jesus Thirty-Three—or Much, Much, Much Older? (Colossians Up Close, pt.4)
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
You'd have to be pretty old to be "the firstborn of all creation."
![39: Saint Paul's Letter to ... Um... Who?](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/Map_of_Crete_by_Abraham_Ortelius_1598_855dmn_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jan 22, 2024
39: Saint Paul's Letter to ... Um... Who?
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Monday Jan 22, 2024
TITUS! Brush up on your Titus. It matters much more than you think.
![38: The Meaning of Perseverance (Colossians Up Close, pt. 3)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/Flickr_-_DVIDSHUB_-_Stryker_soldiers_strive_for_excellence_during_vehicle_recovery_course_Image_2_of_3__8idwiv_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
38: The Meaning of Perseverance (Colossians Up Close, pt. 3)
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
When you know God's will, no obstacle is insurmountable.
![37: Why Waste Time Learning about God—and Praying? (Colossians Up Close, pt. 2)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/980px-Boy_with_a_Basket_of_Fruit-Caravaggio_1593_copy_885mt9_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jan 05, 2024
Friday Jan 05, 2024
You're right—it would all be a waste, if not for aκτιος.
![36: An Antidote for Jealousy (Colossians Up Close, pt. 1)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/Cheering_schoolboys_6753447411__a9vxm7_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jan 05, 2024
36: An Antidote for Jealousy (Colossians Up Close, pt. 1)
Friday Jan 05, 2024
Friday Jan 05, 2024
Saint Paul CHEERS when he sees virtues in other people.
![35: Theological Reflection: In Him, We Live and Move and Have Our Being](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/Saint_Augustine_by_Philippe_de_Champaigne_uhp7if_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
35: Theological Reflection: In Him, We Live and Move and Have Our Being
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
Tuesday Dec 26, 2023
God is "more intimate to me than I am to myself," says Augustine. God lives in the deepest part of our being—the Mariana Trench of us, even deeper than our very identity. But if that's true, then we are, even in our remotest corners, in the very heart of God himself. And becoming aware of this could change everything.
![34: How God Calls Prophets](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/Aljamer_SMBOUALAM_sc444m_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
34: How God Calls Prophets
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
Sometimes with a warm hand, sometimes with a hot coal.
![33: How Would Jesus Treat a Slaveowner?](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/Jes_s_y_el_centuri_n_El_Veron_s__mynjti_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
33: How Would Jesus Treat a Slaveowner?
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
War is bad. Slavery is evil. But what happens when Jesus comes face to face with someone who's wrapped up in both?
![32: ”The Renewal of Your Minds”](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/Butterfly_emerging_from_cocoon_1__b9upwu_300x300.jpg)
Friday Dec 01, 2023
32: ”The Renewal of Your Minds”
Friday Dec 01, 2023
Friday Dec 01, 2023
Romans 12:1–2. God wants to make you NEW—not just your body, but your whole way of thinking and feeling.
![31: The God of the Ordinary](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog16319353/Johannes_Vermeer_-_Gezicht_op_huizen_in_Delft_bekend_als_Het_straatje_-_Google_Art_Project_bxx5pb_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
31: The God of the Ordinary
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
Thursday Nov 30, 2023
Like it or not, I'm back. (Rather, my producer is back—from paternity leave.) Are you "finding God"? Well, look no further. He is right in front of us.