May 22, 2019

Essay: The Spiritual Desert Isn’t Optional

The Desert, Not the Monastery We are sheep lost in the desert, but the shepherd is looking for us. That is how Pope Benedict XVI described the Church at the beginning of his pontificate.
May 19, 2019

Homily: The Lesson We Forgot (Jn 13:31-35)

In George Orwell’s novel 1984—in that dark world, that dystopia—there is something called the “Two Minutes Hate.”
May 18, 2019

Love, Like Him…

Loving is easy. Loving like Jesus? Not so much.
May 12, 2019

Homily: Listen Carefully (Jn 10:27-30)

He talked of a kingdom, Jesus did. In him, it is “at hand,” he said.[1] It’s why we’re called to repent and believe, because it would be a fearful thing otherwise.
May 11, 2019

But First, Hear…

To hear, to be known, to follow, to receive eternal life. That’s it.
May 8, 2019

Preaching and Obedience

Whose Catholicism is it? Whose Catholic Church?