Writings for the Journey

Does God get angry when we do something wrong? While Jesus is human, God isineffable. This means God is beyond our knowing. When we say that God is angry, whatwe are saying is that if we were God, this is how God would feel. We get some of ourlanguage about God’s...

One of the ways we can try to get control of our lives is by living out of our false self. Evenwhen we come to the realization that God loves us unconditionally, a false self canemerge with a kind of spiritual pride that could take over. “I am terrific. I have...

Sometimes it is easy for a person to bring closure quickly to things, rather than wait inorder to be sure. We see Jesus in St. Mark’s Gospel not wanting the people to broadcastthat he was the long awaited messiah when he performed a miracle. Scripture scholarsrefer to...

How often do we rely on our intellect in our discovery of God? “God is the uncaused cause.”While it is important not to exclude our capacity to reason, there are other recourses in ourdiscovery of the ways God wants to relate to us. God wants to communicate love to...

If we have experienced what St. Paul experienced when he says, “It is not I that lives butChrist who lives in me”, the resurrected Christ is already living in our hearts. If we havesurrendered our life to God, then Christ is continuing his ministry through us. We are...

Consider that this would be the last day of your life. What would you want to do? Wouldyou want to connect with people you love or those who would miss you? Would youwant to seek forgiveness, or would you want to express forgiveness to others in your life?Would you...

During periods in our lives, we experience loss – the death of parents, the ending of afriendship, a sadness that our planet is suffering with the climate crisis, the feeling ofpowerlessness in coping with what seems to be unsolvable dilemmas.We hear Jesus saying...

If you have seen the movie, “Sister Act”, you know that when the nuns are singing “Iwill follow Him” they are referring to their relationship to Jesus. Other popular songscould also be thought of as referring to a relationship to Jesus or to God. The song Ihave in...

Fire has many qualities. It can provide warmth. It can purify a substance; it can createnew land with volcano flow. Fire from a kiln can finish a vase and make it beautiful.Fire can also be disruptive. It can burn whatever is in its path. Fire is high energy. Wecould...

What does it mean to be family? Of course, first it refers to the family of origin. FatherMoreau, the founder of the Holy Cross Community, uses the word “family” to refer first ofall to the family spirit that he promotes among the brothers, sisters, and priests of...