Jun 2, 2023 | Writings for the Journey
In life there are many uncertainties. We live much of our lives wondering what willhappen next. We see problems in our relationships, problems in politics, wars andrumors of wars, global warming, injustices of every type. How can one person make adifference?The first...
May 14, 2023 | Writings for the Journey
When we carefully watch the growth of flowers and vegetables, we know that this process does not happen in “an instant”, as we expect with much of our lives, such as seconds in the microwave. It begins with a seed that needs to break open and venture into a new world....
May 13, 2023 | Writings for the Journey
In celebrating Our Lord’s resurrection, we gain the assurance ever more and more, thatlife will go on after death. Our hearts will lead us to that love which will last forever.That life begins now if we would only let it blossom in our lives. What it requires is tolet...
May 1, 2023 | Writings for the Journey
As we age, they say we get set in our ways. We have developed a routine that hasworked for us, and through habit has become very easy to accomplish what needs tobe done. We can imagine how upsetting Jesus would have sounded to the Jews of hisday, when the observance...
Apr 22, 2023 | Writings for the Journey
Karl Rahner, the famous theologian of Vatican II, said in words to this effect that in thefuture century unless a person becomes a mystic having a personal experience of God,it will be very difficult for him or her to rely only on theological terminology to keep...
Apr 14, 2023 | Writings for the Journey
Sometimes we feel that evangelization is simply about feeding a person who has givenup on religion, with truths after truths and truths about our Catholic faith. While thatmight work with a certain personality type, many people will be turned off.Disembodied truths...
