text “I would like to offer you a rational explanation, but I can’t figure it out.” The airline pilot’s words were not that comforting, especially since we had…
text Fifth Sunday of Lent 2020: The Power of Forgiveness Death is very much in the news media and in our minds and hearts these troubled days. Today’s…
text “Holding hands with the dying.” As we venture into the Fifth Sunday of Lent, our gospel reading from John (11…
text “Holding hands with the dying.” As we venture into the Fifth Sunday of Lent, our gospel reading from John (11…
text Fourth Sunday of Lent 2020: This Joyful Season “Count it all joy…” Years ago, when I was still a mere student in the Dominican order, my German…
text “There is none so blind as the one who will not see.” Entering the Fourth Sunday of Lent, traditionally known as “Laetare Sunday” …
text “There is none so blind as the one who will not see.” Entering the Fourth Sunday of Lent, traditionally known as “Laetare Sunday” …
text Third Sunday of Lent: Water of Life This Sunday appears to be unprecedented in the churches of the Archdiocese of Chicago and elsewhere…
text “Do not harden your hearts.” Reaching beyond the confines of our comfort zones becomes the theme of today…
text “Do not harden your hearts.” Reaching beyond the confines of our comfort zones becomes the theme of today…
text Second Sunday of Lent: Light in the Darkness In years to come, the spring of this year is more likely to be remembered for the outbreak of the…
text “Before enlightenment, the laundry. After enlightenment, the laundry.” Waiting patiently in line at the local grocery store, I was fascinated with…
text “Before enlightenment, the laundry. After enlightenment, the laundry.” Waiting patiently in line at the local grocery store, I was fascinated with…
text First Sunday of Lent: Getting Clear Love in the Time of Cholera, the great novel by Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez,…
text “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” Fat chance that any of us will escape from being drawn into temptation, but…
text “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” Fat chance that any of us will escape from being drawn into temptation, but…
text “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Be careful or soon we will live blind and toothless." A few years ago, as I was preparing to eat my delicious Indian meal at the…
text “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Be careful or soon we will live blind and toothless." A few years ago, as I was preparing to eat my delicious Indian meal at the…
text “Go to heaven for the climate. Go to hell for the company.” Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, died on April 21, 1910…
text “Go to heaven for the climate. Go to hell for the company.” Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, died on April 21, 1910…
text “You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world.” Searching for memorable images that would capture the imaginations of his…
text “You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world.” Searching for memorable images that would capture the imaginations of his…
text “The Fourth Joyful Mystery: The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple.” Growing up in the shadow of the third Joyful Mystery, the Church of the…
text “The Fourth Joyful Mystery: The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple.” Growing up in the shadow of the third Joyful Mystery, the Church of the…
