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“I will never take back my love,” is a message from God in Psalm 89. The words struck me as I was praying the Office of Readings. They are appropriate for Valentine’s Day and for reflection during Lent.
Many people face a conundrum when reading the scene in Matthew’s Gospel where Jesus meets the Canaanite woman.
Both René Girard and Gil Bailie have taught us that the most effective and common way to turn social hatred into social harmony is via a scapegoat.
It’s hard for us to grasp the relationships between the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. They are all God, all involved in our salvation, all protecting us.
If we want candidates of integrity, shouldn’t we be persons of integrity, too?
Today’s Scripture selections continue the Easter instructions for the newly-baptized. The “First Letter of Peter” encourages those fearful of persecution to remember that Christ also suffered persecution.
As the feast of Saint Anthony (June 13) draws near, my memories go back to Padua where I spent several days in 2014.
The prayers of the new translation of the Roman Missal, Third Edition have been in use for several weeks now.
Years ago, as Lent approached, I asked a trusted spiritual counselor what he was going to give up. He gave me a sly grin and said, “I’m giving up giving things up for Lent.”
Q. In Amos 7:14, at the king’s sanctuary in Bethel, the prophet verbally defends himself against the priest Amaziah by denying that he ever said he belonged to a company of prophets. Amos adds, “I am a herdsman and a dresser of sycamores.” What does that expression mean?
