In this Commentary Clip Exclusive, Tony discusses how faith is something often misconstrued by detractors and faithful alike. As he explains, our readings for the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time teach us that faith is rightly understood as a relational phenomenon that ultimately functions as a portal to living the life of Heaven here and now.
Mass Readings:
Reading 1: Wisdom 18:6-9
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 33:1, 12, 18-19, 20-22
Reading 2: Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19
Gospel: Luke 12:32-48
Endnotes:
St. John Paul II, Encyclical Letter on The Relationship between Faith and Reason, Fides et Ratio; St. John Henry Newman, An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent.
Pope Francis, Encyclical Letter Lumen Fidei, 8.
Tony Crescio is the founder of FRESHImage Ministries. He holds an MTS from the University of Notre Dame and is currently a PhD candidate in Christian Theology at Saint Louis University. His research focuses on the intersection between moral and sacramental theology. His dissertation is entitled, Presencing the Divine: Augustine, the Eucharist and the Ethics of Exemplarity.
Tony’s academic publications can be found here.