Reflection
May we be profoundly shaken
For the past couple of weeks I have taken up Pope Francis?s recent encouragement that we read his encyclical Laudato Si. I?m ashamed to say that I?d never read it before, but I decided that now is as good a time as any…
Is this a divine punishment?
I think it?s completely natural for believers to look at this pandemic and the profound suffering it is causing and ask themselves ?why?? The Catechism calls the experience of suffering and evil a ?scandal? before going on to say, ?If…
At every time and in every place
Millions of Catholics around the world are now facing the reality that they won?t be able to attend any Holy Week liturgies or receive Communion on Easter Sunday. The Triduum is one of my favorite times of the year. I…
?I am with you always?
When I hear the words ?Apostolic Penitentiary,? I don?t usually think about the maternal love of the Church (actually, I had to go to Wikipedia to look up exactly what this tribunal does when I first heard of it). However, when I…
Who we know God is
Recently I?ve been struck by a verse in chapter seventeen of John?s Gospel. Jesus is with his apostles during the last supper, offering a long prayer, and at one point he says to his Heavenly Father, ?Now this is eternal…
Be Perfect
The gospel reading today ends with Jesus summing up his great Sermon on the Mount by saying, ?So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.? We can easily misunderstand what this passage means and leave feeling like Jesus is placing…
A Vulnerable God
?Lord Jesus Christ, through your Incarnation you accepted a human nature and lived a real, human life. Setting aside the glory of your divinity, you met us face to face in the vulnerability of our humanity.? This is the beginning…
