“If I really had my preference, I would take you to Rwanda to see for yourselves. I was able to stay for four days in a rural village named Gikonko. ...
“Neither do I condemn you.” 8:11 Today’s gospel is a story about a trial. Trials mesmerize us. We love reading about them in murder mysteries. We love watching them in ...
Article posted in National Catholic Reporter Let’s drop the obsession with criticism of Pope Francis
After conversion, self-consciousness (in the negative sense) slowly falls away and is replaced by what the mystics call pure consciousness or unitive consciousness–which is love. Self-consciousness implies a dualistic split. ...
“Suddenly, while he was traveling to Damascus and just before he reached the city, there came a light from heaven all around him. He fell to the ground and then ...
“… everything I have is yours.” Lk 15:31 Jesus loved to tell stories. He especially liked to tell them when he was being challenged by those who opposed him – ...