September 1, 2019
We should accept that it is awkward being a Christian.
August 25, 2019
Click here to listen to this homily! Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.
August 18, 2019
Click here to listen to this homily! Ten years ago I wrote a book on martyrdom, Christian martyrdom, on how Christianity can neither be understood or practiced without also understanding martyrdom, without also, at least in principle, being open to it for oneself.[1] I also suggested that if we wanted to know how to behave as […]
July 20, 2019
An old politician was beginning to lose his hearing.
July 14, 2019
“Telescopic Philanthropy” is what Charles Dickens called it.
June 30, 2019
Simone Weil, that eccentric and brilliant woman, said once, rather famously, that it was “more useful to contemplate our stupidity than our sin.” Contemplating sin risked pride, she said; admitting failure due to “sheer stupidity,” on the other hand, the bad results of our plain mediocrity: “No knowledge is more to be desired,” she wrote. Because […]