April 4, 2020

The Jerusalem of our Hearts

Egeria, a fourth-century widow and pilgrim to Jerusalem, describes the procession from the Mount of Olives to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
March 29, 2020

Homily: Thou Wilt Never Die

Gabriel Marcel, French playwright, theatre critic, and philosopher of whom I am fond: he said something once I’ve always believed to be true. He said, “To love…is to say thou wilt never die.”[1] Think about that.
March 26, 2020

Dead and Alive Like Lazarus, Christ, and You

Water. Light. And now life. It’s the progress of salvation and holiness. It’s how we’re to walk in Christ, if we’ll but see it and follow, if Lent has means to us what it should.
March 20, 2020

Homily: Our Pride and Blindness, Our Humility and Sight

It may make you feel better to know that even the great Saint Augustine thought this gospel reading a bit long.
March 19, 2020

Humility, Faith, Light

The thing is, you see, he was born blind. That’s what set this miracle apart.
March 16, 2020

Column: Fear, Hope, and the Coronavirus

It was inevitable, a question of when and not if.