Extending the Communion of Persons
This Sunday we celebrate the feast of our origin and destiny as human beings, our beginning and end, the One who made us and the One to whom we return.
The Law within Us
Like the apostles on Pentecost day, we can no longer contain the joy that loving God gives us, and we have to tell others about it.
Learning to Fly
To remain stuck in the Ascension cycle of the Paschal Mystery is to be unable to let go and let the past bless us so that we can move ahead.
Someone to Stand by Us
Jesus promises the apostles in today’s Gospel that he will never abandon them. He promises that, even though they will not see him, he will still be active among them.
Stressed Out
Jesus tells us to have faith in God and himself. If I can trust pilots and instruments and control towers, can I not trust the God of the universe?
Knowing the Good Shepherd
Jesus is the source of life and because he has given his life for his flock, we have an abundance of life.
Practicing Philoxenia
As Christians we are called to practice radical graciousness and hospitality. Philoxenia should not be something we simply seek to practice, but should be a fundamental characteristic of each of us.
We Have a Choice
Doubt can be healthy. It does not need to end in despair. At times we find ourselves questioning and wondering if or how God is acting or whether God exists at all.
The Paradox of Easter
Easter is a time that invites rejoicing, gladness, and celebration, even when our life events might not feel so joyful, happy, or worth celebrating.
The Loneliness of Suffering
I pray that we do not become immune to it all, but realize that those big starving eyes affect all of us and the entire world.
Breath of Life
If God’s Spirit is the very life of God within us, then the eternal life of heaven is not something we receive after we die.
The Good News
My fear is that too many Christians hear the stories of Jesus but they don’t listen to them. When we hear something we take in sound and physically react.