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Believe in your light, but believe even more deeply in its source, transfigured and radiant before us today and every day. Stay awake. Keep your eyes and ears open to the illuminating words and movements of God. That’s what Peter, James and John did in following Jesus to Mount Tabor, through all the ups and…
I don’t know about you, but forget multiplying loaves or turning water into wine, I want the super-power which turns annoying interruptions into meaningful ministry, which turns my deep sorrows and anger into deep compassion and passion, which turns ‘me’ time into ‘we’ time. In a word I guess I want the superpower of love…
As I struggled this week to get words on paper, I remembered again that, by any metric, Mother’s Day beats Father’s Day. Mother’s Day was made a holiday back in 1913, Father’s Day took all the way till 1972. Average weekend spending for mother’s day $300, average for Father’s day $200. Hallmark sells 50 million…
On this day, in the year 351, those living in Jerusalem witnessed an intensely illumined cross appear in the sky which had remained visible for several hours, spanning from Golgotha to Mount of Olives; which I had the great opportunity to see in person when I went in 2012. Some say that we only notice…
So this is why I think we all benefit from marital preparation in any way, at any time. Marriage-to work, to others, to God himself-is a sacramental bond specially blessed by God. But they can only form and transform us if we prepare and discipline ourselves to endure the ups and downs of those relationships. …
Today’s reading reminds us that the evil tries first to isolate us in order to defeat us. St. Peter writes that the evil one prowls around the faithful like a lion, we are safe together, but vulnerable when isolated. As Christians, we need each other; we need to share each other’s triumphs and our trials. …
So perhaps all peoples take themselves too seriously, too often. This is where our faith comes in and its helpful to recall that God seems to have baked humor and laughter into his creation. ‘Alone among the animals, man is shaken with that beautiful madness called laughter,’ said Chesterton, ‘as if he had caught sight…