A Theology of Vacations
Many people taking vacations leave hearth and home for other locales. But my recent vacation took me home. I recently returned to the parish I
Many people taking vacations leave hearth and home for other locales. But my recent vacation took me home. I recently returned to the parish I
Our interior life is just that – a life all its own. With the benefit of hindsight and reflection we can recognize different “seasons” of
Lately I’ve been on a cleaning spree! Door knobs, window sills, nooks, crannies, and everything in between have gotten a major scrubbing. Soap, water, and
The end of the year is coming quickly, and with it, the season of Advent. Advent begins on Sunday, November 29, just one week from
The exchange between Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well found in Jn 4: 4-26 reveals Jesus`s mastery of personal evangelism through conversation. The
Pious Fantasies I couldn’t fault my doctor when I went for a private consultation, but in his own home, he seemed to have left his
Every January 1st, many of us decide to come clean with our personal struggles and make resolutions to better ourselves in the days ahead. In
Scripture warns us clearly that in the last days, charity will suffer. Matthew 24:12 “Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.”
‘I remember, I remember the house where I was born, the little window where the sun came peeping in at dawn’. (Thomas Hood – 1826)
“Put Out into the Deep” In the missionary community of which I am a part, one of our charisms is receptivity. Why is that? At the