“Beloved, we are God’s children now.” When we hear these words proclaimed just three weeks before Mother’s Day we might want to take a minute to think … Read More
Sunday Readings
Be an instrument of God’s peace
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-89), a Jesuit priest-poet, was one of the great religious poets of the 19th century. In his poem “Peace,” he wrote: “piecemeal peace is … Read More
Bring peace to those who doubt
How are we to live as Christians in a post-Easter world? One possible answer can be found in the Book of Acts where we read that “[T]he … Read More
We too are called to be consolers
In his “Spiritual Exercises” St. Ignatius Loyola gives two bits of advice to the retreatant when the time comes for contemplating the resurrection. One should “be glad … Read More
Choose to stay or walk away
It seems that every few days another high level political figure leaves the White House. People on one side of the political aisle refuse to approve anything … Read More
See Jesus through goodness to others
Do you have a bucket list? A friend told me he would like to see the Grand Canyon, the pyramids of Egypt, the Panama Canal before he … Read More
Retrieve the ‘lost Sabbath’
“In those days, all the princes of Judah, the priests, and the people added infidelity to infidelity, practicing all the abominations of the nations and polluting the … Read More
A newfound spiritual freedom
The first reading this week tells of the Ten Commandments, given to the people in the desert after they escaped slavery in Egypt. During the desert sojourn … Read More
Back down from the mountain
It had been a mountaintop experience. The dean had called Peg into his office and told her that she had placed first in her class and won … Read More
Called to repentance and faith
A Lenten prayer of the church: “Father, through our observance of Lent, help us to understand the meaning of your Son’s death and resurrection, and teach us … Read More