In this illuminating talk Andrew Wood takes you through the high points of Matthew’s Gospel. When many people start reading the New Testament, beginning with Matthew’s Gospel, they usually struggle to get past the first page because it...

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Even before the 16th century’s Protestant Reformation the issue of the Catholic Papacy was hotly contested. Arguably the most important issue dividing Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant understandings of Jesus’ mission is the Papacy. So what...

Presented by Dr. Christine E. Wood In this informative talk, Dr. Christine E. Wood, President of the St. John Centre for Biblical Studies, speaks about God’s revelation to humanity. What is the purpose and content of this revelation? How does God...

As a young adult, Jeff Cavins left the Catholic Church and became a Protestant Pastor for 12 years. After returning to the Catholic Church, Jeff became a nationally known speaker who has helped hundreds of thousands come to a clearer understanding of...

On the day of Jesus’ resurrection, while walking to the village of Emmaus Jesus encountered two disciples (see Lk 24:13-35). They were downcast and despondent, believing that their long-awaited Messiah, the one they had hoped would redeem Israel,...

The Four Last Things - Fr Mike Schmitz - Lighthouse Talks (CD)  Fr. Mike Schmitz is one of the leading Catholic speakers in the Church today. Fr. Mike tackles four very difficult topics in this exceptional presentation: Death, Judgement,...

Heaven, Hell and Purgatory. One's a nice word. The other...not as nice, but instead ugly and, we don't even want to hear about it, and the third is always confusing. These are the three states of life after death. And yet, there is so much confusion...

"If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." John 20:23 "Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin, all hope consists in confession; in confession there is a chance...

St. Paul's teaching on the mystery of the Eucharist comes alive in Fr. Pacwa's one hour lecture. Fr. Pacwa cites 1 Corinthians, the only Epistle in which St. Paul addressed the Eucharist, and by relating it to other Eucharistic passages in the Bible,...

Fr. Pacwa addresses St. Paul's claim in 2 Corinthians that he had the authority to forgive sins and reconcile sinners, a power bestowed upon him by our Lord himself, and a power that continues for priests in the Sacrament of Reconciliation to this day.

This presentation on St. Paul's writings on the first of the Sacraments of Initiation kicks off Fr. Mitch Pacwa's series on St. Paul and the Sacraments. St. Paul's further elucidation of Christ's doctrine that one must be born of water and of the Spirit...