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.

17 Feb • Leaving the argument
In the Gospel today, another Pharisee wants to get into an argument with Jesus.

16 Feb • Seeing the Kingdom of God
In Luke's version of the Beatitudes, Jesus matches "blessed are you poor" with "woe are you rich," because riches obscure

9 Feb • Graced to be more
After a miraculous catch of fish, Peter tells Jesus, "Leave me Lord, I am a sinful man." Instead, Jesus invites him to be his disciple an

8 Feb • Shepherds needed
Today we celebrate the great Saint Josephine Bakhita, a former slave who converted to Christianity and joined the Canossian Sisters, and was known

The Presentation of the Lord
Fr. Scott Steinkerchner, OP breaks open the readings for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord.

Growing the Word Within
For 29 January 2025, Wednesday of week 3 in Ordinary Time, based on Mark 4:1-20

27 Jan • The new covenant: salvation for the many
In today's scripture we hear of Jesus establishing a new covenant with his own blood, one sacrifice with the power to save "the many,&quo

26 Jan • The Word of God gives us roots and wings
Today we celebrate Word of God Sunday and hear how Jesus was handed the scroll of Isaiah in the synagogue in Nazareth, found the passage "I ha

29 Dec • Family = chaos
On this Feast of the Holy Family, we recall Jesus being lost for days and finally found in the Temple, seemingly oblivious to the worry he caused h

28 Dec • Escaping the genocide
On this Feast of the Holy Innocents, we remember how, warned by an an angel in his dream, Joseph fled with his family in the middle of the night to