Follow the Leader
Servant leadership stands at the center of any real claim to authority. Perhaps the clearest example of this for the Christian heart rests in the example of Jesus washing the feet of the disciples.
Being Taught To See What I Had Not Seen
Seeing but not seeing – Jesus expects only one thing of his followers: to see who and what he sees. Those who do so become “other Christs.”
Ten Things Pope Francis Said at World Youth Day
We all know Pope Francis has a way with words. Here are ten things Pope Francis said to young people (and to us) at World Youth Day.
The (Not So) Hidden Costs of the Eucharist
Does our self-centered focus on what God does for us in the Eucharist blind us to what God asks us to do in the Eucharist?
Pope Francis, an octogenarian, addresses the weariness of hope
Pope Francis encourages us to allow our wearied hope “to return without fear to the deep well of our first love,” “to be purified and to recapture the most authentic part of our founding charisms”
Stretching Toward the Kingdom
We see Vincent de Paul tugging at the old cloth of a tradition that all religious women should remain behind the walls of a cloister… with his Confraternities and Daughters of Charity (he) injected some of Jesus’ suppleness into the fixed forms of the day.
Rom 16, 13 reads: "Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; and greet his mother—a mother to me also." If this…
Have a blessed Holy Week!
I have never thought about the people that were named in the Gospels. I would agree that they may be…
Generally, I love the laconic nature of Mark's Gospel. The Passion narrative is very compelling in its starkness, with one…
Father John, Blessings to you as you step cautiously down that new path. Grace and Peace be with you!