The Threshold of New Life
"Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." — Matthew 6:9-10 Every day, as I reflectively…
Built on a Rock
Reflection for the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time / Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Isaiah 22: 19-23 (RM) or Isaiah 51: 1-6; Psalm 138; Romans 11: 33-36 (RM) or Romans…
The Spaces Between
I find myself living between spaces these couple of months, fully aware of the work that calls for my attention, yet gently allowing life’s unexpected interruptions to take their rightful…
Persistence, Faith, and Courage to Speak Up
Reflection for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Isaiah 56: 1, 6-7 (RM) or 1, 6-8 (RCL); Psalm 67; Romans 11: 13-15, 29-32 (RM)…
Why I Love to Camp
I say I camp because it was imprinted on my consciousness when I was two years old. That’s when my parents bundled me into the back seat of their Austin…
Finding Christ in the Storm
Reflection for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Readings: 1 Kings 19: 9a, 11-13a (RM) or 9-18 (RCL); Psalm 85; Romans 9: 1-5 (RM) or…
Living Our Profound Humanity in a Digital Age
When OpenAI released ChatGPT to the general public in November 2022, I was reluctant to be drawn into the hype. In fact, it was several years before I asked ChatGPT…
When Sharing Becomes a Miracle
Reflection for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / or Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Isaiah 55: 1-3 (RM) or 1-5 (RCL); Psalm 145 (RCL) Romans 8: 35, 37-39 (RM)…
A gun gifted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda at the NATO summit in Ankara. (Lithuanian President's Office/Reuters)
“EVIL THAT LEARNS GOOD MANNERS”
Following the recent NATO Summit, Metropolitan Archbishop of Naples, † Don Mimmo Battaglia, issued a powerful reflection after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presented commemorative firearms to NATO leaders as…
The Kin-dom of God: Imagining a Hope Beyond Measure
Reflection for he Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time A Readings: 1 Kings 3: 5, 7-12; Psalm 119; Romans 8: 28-30; Matthew 13: 44-52. If you were trying to inspire your…