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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
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
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
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
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

4 Feb • Holiness in the midst of chaos
4 Feb • Holiness in the midst of chaos

In today's Gospel we have a healing within a healing.

The Presentation of the Lord
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
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
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
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

Epiphany Sunday
Epiphany Sunday

Fr. Scott Steinkerchner, OP breaks open the readings for Epiphany Sunday.

29 Dec • Family = chaos
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
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