Before and After
My homily for the Third Sunday of Easter. Readings for the day are: Acts 3:13-15, 17-19 Psalm 4:2, 4, 7-8, 9 1 John 2:1-5 Luke 24:35-48 During the Easter Season our readings give us...
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The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
This year for our Holy Week Tenebrae service I presented a short reflection on Luke 22: 47 – 52 — the betrayal and arrest of Jesus. The disciples are having a very bad day....
Strange New Worlds
What does Catholic teaching tell us about extraterrestrial life? This might not seem like the most pressing of theological questions, but here I must admit to being a complete and unabashed science-fiction nerd. So...
A Revolution of the Heart
This year for our Holy Week Tenebrae service, I was invited to present a reflection. Here is a transcript of my brief talk, reflecting on the text of Mark 15: verses 1 – 15...
Aims & Purposes of the Catholic Worker
In the words of Dorothy Day, originally published in February, 1940. For the sake of new readers, for the sake of men on our breadlines, for the sake of the employed and unemployed, the...
The Cry of the Poor
In reflecting upon the readings for this past Sunday, October 25 — the story from Mark’s gospel about the blind beggar Bartimaeus — America Magazine’s John W. Martens poses the question, “Who do we...
Story as Sacramental
Today’s Gospel reading reminded me of another blog post I’d written some years ago. First published March 27, 2013, it is presented below. I found the following story on Facebook recently. One day...
Freely Received, Freely Given
My brothers and sisters, show no partiality as you adhere to the faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. ~James 2:1 “The Gospel takes away our right forever, to discriminate between the deserving and...
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