This is a recording of the talk I gave during a mid-day reflection for students of the University of St. Thomas School of Law on January 28.  The reflection invited participants to consider ways in which we decide that certain people are fundamentally “not us” and to start to think about how we might relinquish the attitudes that prevent our full loving encounter with Christ disguised as an “other.”  (19:55)

This podcast, titled Mary, Prophet of Justice, is the fifth in a planned series of six podcasts drawn from an 8-day guided retreat I gave in June 2007, on the theme of Embracing Mary. The podcast reflects on Mary’s proclamation of hope expressed in the Magnificat and what that message means for us today. (The podcast runs for 18:29.)

This podcast, titled Mary, Mother of the Church, is the fourth in a planned series of six podcasts drawn from an 8-day guided retreat I gave in June 2007, on the theme of Embracing Mary. It begins with Jesus' words to Mary and John at the foot of the cross and explores what it means to call Mary the Mother of the Church.  (The podcast runs for 18:02.)