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My Preaching

Welcome!

I am Fr. Scott Steinkerchner, OP, a traveling preacher, theologian, and web-developer. Here you will find the bulk of my internet postings, stretching back to 1999. The Blog postings are housed here, the Videos are mostly from the website of the Dominican Province of St. Albert the Great USA (my province), and the Podcasts are mostly my contributions to theWord, a daily podcast from Dominicans around the world.

You will also find on this site a list of Questions & Answers about Liturgy in the Roman Catholic tradition, created by a great liturgist and friend, Fr. John Thomas Lane,SSS.

1 Nov • All the Many Saints
1 Nov • All the Many Saints

On this Solemnity of All Saints, we hear the Beatitudes, and the many ways that we can be holy.

3 Oct • Finding the deeper truth
3 Oct • Finding the deeper truth

Job's friends "know" he must have sinned if God's hand is against him.

30 Sept • God shines most brightly in the least among us
30 Sept • God shines most brightly in the least among us

In Luke's telling, the greatest among us, the one who most closely represents God, is the least among us.

29 Sept • Cast it away, but not so far away
29 Sept • Cast it away, but not so far away

We have two sayings of Jesus today, one of inclusion and one of exclusion. The deeper truth lies somewhere in between.<br>

The Joy of Preaching the Good News
The Joy of Preaching the Good News

For 13 September 2024, Memorial of Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop, Doctor , based on 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22b-27, The Joy of Preaching the Good Ne

Honoring God above the law
Honoring God above the law

For 7 September 2024, Saturday of week 22 in Ordinary Time, based on Luke 6:1-5, Honoring God above the Lawaud

1 Sept • The religion God wants
1 Sept • The religion God wants

The readings today are all about what proper religious observance looks like: following God's law in caring for the vulnerable people in their

31 Aug • Don't bury your faith
31 Aug • Don't bury your faith

In Jesus' parable of the talents, he warns us that if we seek to protect our faith by hiding it away we will loose it.

17 Aug • Beyond sour grapes
17 Aug • Beyond sour grapes

In ancient Israel there was a saying, "Fathers have eaten green grapes, thus their children’s teeth are on edge." Children often reap the