Rock Stars or Roadies
It wasn’t until recently that I figured out why it bothers me to hear people say to me that they want to change the world. Obviously, the world needs change, but something just goes up my spine when I hear...
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I Seek God, I Seek God
I want you to imagine for a minute that you have just received some devastating news. I mean some traumatic life changing news that affects you personally and only you. Imagine you are arrested, or that you have been diagnosed...
I Object to being an Object
When we look at today’s gospel, we can take it at face value as speaking against divorce, but I do not think that ultimately is Jesus’ whole point. This confusion is further driven home, when we see Jesus’ words in...
In Brazil
Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil–If you want to know why I am not at Ars France with the many priests on retreat, it is because I received that notice about ten minutes after I booked my trip to Brazil way back in...
Faith Versus Works
In today’s second reading, we see what appears to be a simple teaching from St. James. Faith without works is dead. However, it is this principle that is at the center of the Protestant Reformation. To this day, lack of...
The Value of Suffering
When we look at today’s first reading, we can see it in light of the time then and now. This is from the latter part of what is known as the Babylonian Exile. This is when the Jews were taken...