Our faith is a living thing precisely because it walks hand-in-hand with doubt. If there was only certainty and no doubt, there would be no mystery. And therefore no need for faith. Let us pray that God will grant us a Pope who doubts. And let him grant us a Pope who sins and asks…
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Illnesses
Then we will discover that our faithfulness to a small task is the most healing response to the illnesses of our time. — Henri Nouwen. Nouwen’s assertion that “our faithfulness to a small task is the most healing response to the illnesses of our time” prompts: what exactly are the illnesses plaguing our contemporary world? I…
Spring Forth
Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? –– Isaiah 43:18-19. These words from the prophet Isaiah mirror the spirit of renewal and transformation that underpins both the season of Lent and the celebration…
Disruption and Chaos
I still get the weekly bulletin from St. Johns in DC. It began: “Many in our parish have been affected by the recent layoff of Federal workers. Some have already lost their jobs, and some are in fear of losing their jobs. Many of our fellow congregants are seeing their lives and livelihoods turned upside…
Gather And Return
Then I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the lands where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply. — Jeremiah 23:3. Jeremiah’s promise in 23:3 speaks of a shepherd’s heart yearning to gather the scattered remnants of his…