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A couple quick things about the readings chosen by the Church for the 4th Sunday of Lent (which was today). The Gospel is the parable of the Prodigal Son from Luke 15, one of the most famous stories Jesus tells. It’s worth noting (I think I heard Luke Johnson say this) that the context for…
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Altissimu, omnipotente bon Signore, Tue so le laude, la gloria e l’honore et onne benedictione. One year I tried to give up impatient driving for Lent. That didn’t go so great. Count me among those who can’t wait for autonomous vehicles to replace all the other drivers on the road. Ad Te solo, Altissimo, se…
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I was kind of hoping I could just give up social media for Lent. Actually, that was my plan – to give up scrolling, as I did last year. God had other plans, I guess. While I was praying on Ash Wednesday about what was getting in the way of me trusting God, what I…
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We must consider how to rouse one another to love and good works. We should not stay away from the assembly, as is the custom of some, but encourage one another, and this all the more as you see the day drawing near. Hebrews 10:24-25 This passage from today’s first mass reading stuck with me…
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Today the Catholic Church celebrates St. Thomas Aquinas, a 13th century Domincan priest and maybe the smartest Christian ever. His work brought together Christian theology and classical Greek philosophy in ways that show that faith and reason are not oppositional. In fact, for Aquinas the two perfect each other. Three quick things about Aquinas worth…
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God, grant me the serenityto accept the things I cannot changethe courage to change the things I canand the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time,enjoying one moment at a time.Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace.Taking, as he did, the sinful world as it is,not as I would have it.Trusting…
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I have been blessed a few times over recent months by people I know who have asked my advice on whether to say something that might be emotionally risky to people they love. As I’ve listened to them describe the situation and what they want to express, I found myself asking a question that I…
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Is Disney a cult? I mentioned recently that, while I have spent time exploring the ways in which football is America’s true religious practice, I haven’t really given Disney the same treatment. So let me take a stab at fixing that. For those who haven’t read Abandoning Temples, its premise is that one thing that…
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You could do worse. At some point last year, I was reading a daily devotional that had the message that parents needed to inculcate in their children the stories that tell them who they are, or else Disney will do it for you. And my thought at that moment was, “You could do worse.” I’ll…
