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Holy Spirit

The Coming of God’s Glory

Posted on December 5, 2025December 5, 2025 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/ZyRojquM8ao On this Second Sunday of Advent, Tony attends to the Baptist's call to repentance in relation to Isaiah's depiction of the radical transformation that will take place with the Messiah's arrival. As he explains, ...
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Striving for Happiness: Solemnity of All Saints

Posted on October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/RxH8DilUAgE In his reflection for the Solemnity of All Saints, Tony explains how the lives of all the saints point us towards the fulfillment of our deepest desire as human creatures, happiness. Mass Readings: Re...
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The Strength of Faith

Posted on October 4, 2025October 4, 2025 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/MtztvzfJZ0c In his Gospel reflection for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Tony discusses Jesus' confusing response to the Apostles' request for an increase in faith. As he explains, on the one hand, Jesus is emphasizing th...
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Independence Day: True Freedom & The Beautiful Life

Posted on June 27, 2025June 27, 2025 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/sOGHRl-POAI As we celebrate Independence Day, Tony invites us to reflect upon how we understand the gift of freedom that has been won and defended for us by so many from a Christian perspective, and how the Gospel calls us ...
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Imitating the Good Thief

Posted on April 13, 2025April 13, 2025 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/LVTraGTCGUI In this Commentary Clip Exclusive, Tony focuses on the figure of the Good Thief, known traditionally as St. Dismas. As Tony explains, in this remarkable figure we see the desired effect of the Crucifixion of the...
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Led into the Desert to be Tempted?

Posted on March 9, 2025March 9, 2025 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/-Rq6LC84pAM In this Commentary Clip, Tony discusses the strange line in the Gospel for the 1st Sunday of Lent that the Holy Spirit led Jesus "into the desert to be tempted by the devil." You can check out Tony's full...
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The Temptation of Christ & Authentic Human Living

Posted on March 8, 2025March 8, 2025 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/LBqK6Gjg7sE In this Commentary Clip, Tony discusses how Jesus' being led into the desert by the Holy Spirit both emphasizes the reality of the Incarnate and teaches two things central to understanding authentic human living...
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Recreated by the Spirit

Posted on May 16, 2024May 16, 2024 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/_j_ZG0W15ro As we celebrate the Solemnity of Pentecost, we also celebrate God's ongoing work of salvation in history through the Church, the sacrament of salvation in the world. As Tony explains, apart from the ongoing pres...
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Docile Trust: Living as Creatures of the Creator

Posted on December 9, 2023December 9, 2023 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/TujpyvQVAdg In this episode, Tony Crescio, discusses how an overemphasis on the capabilities of modern science has led to a misremembering of our creatureliness as humans, and more specifically, as creatures “created in the...
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Faith Must Be Lived

Posted on September 27, 2023October 14, 2023 by Tony Crescio

https://youtu.be/KfqkIHgBDns This Sunday, Jesus impresses upon us the importance of living out our faith through the parable of the two sons. As Tony Crescio discusses in light of the Gospel and our first reading from the Book of Ezekiel, t...
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