Love in the enemies
Last November, Mario Palmaro, a traditionalist Catholic who has strongly criticized Pope Francis, was gravely ill. Palmaro describes a call he got from Francis: “I was astonished, amazed, above all...
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“The future, good or ill, was not forgotten, but ceased to have any power over the present. Health and hope grew strong in them, and they were content with each good day as it came, taking pleasure in...
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Oscar Wilde wrote: “The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.” That approach may offer some relief, but it sells us short. The idea of always...
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There was a brief time when I served in Africa, when the well went dry. All the wells in the village, and those near by had no decent water left. We began each day with a look to the sky, hoping for...
View ArticleClothed like these
When in graduate business studies, I often pondered what I was doing there. Then one day a teacher was describing the sort of companies or economic sectors that rise early after an economic downturn....
View ArticleWalking close
"Peace is only found in yes." -Anthony de Mello, SJTo live with such peace is a kindness to ourselves. It is a tool that nudge us further away from impatience. We take in anything we did not plan,...
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Holy Week: it is when we get to recall that there is nothing that can keep us from loving. Nothing. We know this not because we are always holy. Too much truth seeps in. We know this because we know...
View Article(For Easter, 4/20)
I sit in a room bathed in darkness, except for the whirring and buzzing machines that remind humans and angels to stay vigiligent. Yet even in this cavernous place, I have never felt the exuberance of...
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I sit in a room bathed in darkness, except for the whirring and buzzing machines that remind humans and angels to stay vigiligent. Yet even in this cavernous place, I have never felt the exuberance of...
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I sit in a room bathed in darkness, except for the whirring and buzzing machines that remind humans and angels to stay vigiligent. Yet even in this cavernous place, I have never felt the exuberance of...
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The great invite during the Easter season is to take seriously the things that cannot die. They are the graces that seem to just abide.Here's one: nothing seems to stop the force of compassion. In a...
View Article(For 4/18)
The great invite during the Easter season is to take seriously the things that cannot die. They are the graces that seem to just abide.Here's one: nothing seems to stop the force of compassion. In a...
View ArticleComing home
“I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.”-from today’s psalm Early in my arrival to Africa many years ago, a Peace Corps friend brought me to a nomad. His...
View ArticlePentecost Prayer
Come Holy Spirit. Ignite within us the gift of wisdom, that we learn from our errors, listen to tough truths, and judge wisely the things of the earth.Enkindle within us the gift of counsel, that we...
View Articleflame keepers
Here’s an image that weaves together Father’s Day, Feast of the Trinity, and priesthood (on the 13 anniversary of my First Mass.) Think of all three as key ministers. In the country of Mali, Africa,...
View ArticleCorpus Cristi
Here is what saying “We are the Body of Christ” means: We are open to falling in love with the world. Not just a particular person or people, or having a creative passion. It is vital to have those...
View ArticleTransition
More than ever, I am aware of how my faith has soothed my cynicism into humility, how it helped me abide in peacefulness even when the future is obscured in confusion. It is a faith where we know each...
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