Bob the Lector

We’re back with our old friend, the Prophet Isaiah, who poetically promises the powerful potency of God’s word.  Say that three times real fast.

Paul gives us yet another somewhat complicated theological musing this time on the role of redemptive suffering in our lives.  This podcast will help provide clarity from Paul’s complexity.

We have a joyous prophecy from the Prophet Zecharia, that foretells better times for the ancient Israelites, as well as Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.

Paul gives us another somewhat complicated theological exhortation this time on the human condition’s inherent conflict between the flesh and the Spirit.  This podcast will help provide clarity from Paul’s complexity.

Paul gives us a somewhat complicated theological exhortation on baptism and our new life in Jesus Christ.  This podcast will help provide clarity from Paul’s complexity.

We have a great story with the prophet Elisha, his servant Gehazi, and an unnamed woman of influence, with minimalist dialogue, and a wonderful twist of a happy ending.

Paul starts out with a complex theological dissertation on original sin and finishes with jubilant good news of our salvation through Jesus Christ.

The Prophet Jeremiah is a veritable force of nature, blasting the powers that be for their false prophesying.  Yet, we see his internal fear and anxiety after suffering harsh retribution for speaking the truth.  Nonetheless, he is unbowed, showing by example that those who trust in the Lord will not be put to shame.

Paul drowns us with salvific Good News.  Discover how to deliver this joyful message with excited jubilation.

With this foundational moment in salvation history, God formalizes his covenant with the Israelites, setting the stage for the establishment of His New Covenant with us, through Jesus Christ.

Paul tells us of our mystical union with Jesus Christ through the Eucharist, and the resulting unification of our Christian community.

Happy birthday!  It’s Pentecost, the birth of the Church.  This is an electrifying reading with lots of exciting action.

Peter writes to a  community struggling with division and disunity.  Sound familiar?

A couple Exodus chapters back, the Israelites kicked God to the curb in favor of a golden calf.  This reading is startling illustration of God’s fidelity as a response to human infidelity.  This podcast will help you proclaim this reading specifically to those most in need of God’s mercy and forgiveness.

  Paul gently exhorts a young community to mend their ways and support each other.  He closes with a message of sweet affection.  We all can use a little of both every now and then.

Moses reminds the Israelites how God saved them with life giving bread from heaven, a precursor to the coming of Christ in the Eucharist.

This reading recounts the obedience of the eleven surviving apostles, Mary, Jesus’s brothers, and “some women,” as they wait in Jerusalem for the Jesus’s promised coming of the Holy Spirit.

Peter's letter to the churches in Asia Minor encouragers his readers, and your listeners, to persevere through their personal crosses of redemptive suffering, following Christ’s example.  Also, consider Bob’s suggestion for how to present this reading’s one particularly challenging sentence.

This reading recounts the birth of the missionary Church and just maybe the first administering of the sacrament of confirmation.  Also, learn about Bob the Lector’s secret affinity with Philip the Evangelist (not to be confused with Philip the Apostle).

Peter's letter to the churches in Asia Minor gives us a roadmap for enduring suffering, looking to Christ as our example.

Peter's letter to the churches in Asia Minor gives us rich biblical images of the Church with Christ as the living cornerstone, and we as living stones, built into a spiritual temple.

This reading recounts the birth of the missionary Church and just maybe the first administering of the sacrament of confirmation.  Also, learn about Bob the Lector’s secret affinity with Philip the Evangelist (not to be confused with Philip the Apostle).

Peter's letter to the churches in Asia Minor is loaded with joyous Good News, with throwbacks to Isaiah’s prophecy of the suffering servant, fulfilled by Jesus’s suffering on the cross for the forgiveness of our sins.

This reading recounts the very first moments of the very first day of the Church’s birth, on Pentecost.  Proclaim it with the power it deserves, especially its climactic finish.

Peter's letter to the churches in Asia Minor reminds us we have been redeemed at a great price.  This episode will help you provide clarity to this complex passage.