This is the Sunday in Lent when we look at the transfiguration. It is a powerful moment in the life of Jesus and three of his Apostles and simultaneously it is one of the powerful events in the life of Jesus that has a eyewitness account attached to it. We can find that in the [...]
You’d think I learned this when I was in a crazy place in the Navy. It was there that the dictator of that US ally held a birthday party (7th to be exact) for the nation’s martial law that he declared. When his regime fell, the sitting US president announced his support for the dictator [...]
Imagine a tightrope walker maneuvering across the audience in a circus. He has his balance pole and carefully he walks one step in front of the other as he goes from the left side of the arena to the right. Everyone looks up; some crane their necks to see the man who is so daring. [...]
When we baptize a child, we begin by bringing the person out of the chaos. It is a simple movement, but I am not sure people understand how powerful it is. As a priest, I am always aware of the power of that moment. What we do is simply to make the sign of the [...]
It is easy to live Christianity by simply attending mass on Sunday and being a nice person the rest of the week. However, true Catholicism is active and it calls people to live in such a way that we show the love of Christ in all that we do.
This does not mean that we do [...]
How many times have you heard that if God existed there would be no evil in the world. Let us take a look at that thought in light of today’s gospel and ask the simple question: If that statement were true, why did not God strike Herod dead? Herod was a vicious human being, an [...]
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