Mass for the Fourth Sunday of Lent from Bishop Barron’s Chapel
Fantastic homily from Bishop Barron on the healing of the man born blind in John 9.
Author Archive for: Cale
Entries by Cale Clarke
Late Notice: Presentation Tonight Cancelled
Due to: A) the fact that crowds >250 are discouraged in Ontario b/c of #coronavirus concerns, and B) my scheduled talk tonight on Jesus at St Mark’s Parish was expected to draw many times that number, C) the event has been cancelled (hopefully to be rescheduled for a later date). Also, B) is false. 🙂 […]
Back on the Airwaves!
Hey everybody, just wanted to let you know that I’ll be guest hosting Saint Joseph’s Workshop on Relevant Radio tomorrow (Thursday, March 12) at & PM Eastern/4PM Pacific. We’ll be chatting about Jesus and history, among other fun topics! You can listen live on Catholic radio or download the Relevant Radio app to tune in!
The Catholic Kobe
(Note: This is my latest article for Catholic Answers Magazine.) The sudden deaths of basketball legend Kobe Bryant, his thirteen-year-old daughter Gianna (or “Gigi” as she was known), and seven others in a helicopter crash on Sunday morning, January 26, has dominated world headlines. For a generation of current NBA players and fans, Kobe was […]
Super Bowl Champ Elvis and I were in the building!
This month I had the privilege of speaking once again at the annual Men of Faith Conference in London, Ontario. Hundreds of brave men braved a pretty decent snowstorm to join us at St Michael’s Church. And, as a lifelong sports fan and NFL nut, it was a special treat for me that the other […]
The Oxford Stolen Gospel Scandal
Charlotte Higgins, writing for The Guardian (UK): On 1 February 2012, in Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina, two theologians, Prof Bart Ehrman and Dr Daniel Wallace, were debating – to a rapt audience of 1,500 – whether the original text of the New Testament could be recovered. Suddenly, Wallace dropped a bombshell. “The oldest […]
My Interview on Deacon Doug McManaman’s Podcast
I was interviewed this week for Deacon Doug McManaman’s new show, Podcasts for the Religious. It was a lot of fun to see Deacon Doug again. Aside from his great diaconal work, Doug taught philosophy to high school students for many years (no easy task, that), and has written extensively on Catholic education. On the […]
The Meaning of Baptism — at the Jordan River (Video)
Here’s a catechesis I delivered on baptism with Father Ryan Alemao at the Jordan River, while on The Faith Explained Holy Land Pilgrimage. Together we unpack the biblical background and theological meaning of Jesus’ baptism — and our own. Be sure to subscribe to our new YouTube channel here!