Incarnate Forever
The Incarnation, I keep telling my students, is not just a one-time-big-time day we peg on December 25. No; incarnating is God’s being and behavior. Incarnating is the total... Read more
A Saving Love (Palm Sunday)
So, why did Jesus give himself up? I mean, wasn’t that what he did? He gave himself up. He could’ve just bolted the place, let things cool down a... Read more
I Want Some More (1st Sunday of Lent)
As we move into Lent, sisters and brothers, maybe we can ask at some point: “What is the ‘more’ that I obsess over? Why must I have it at... Read more
What If? (32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time)
We are an “Easter people.” So whatever good we do in this life, we do because we know that last breath does not mean last life. If there were... Read more
Vows: The ‘Yeses’ That Bring Us Closer to People and the World
God will show that our promises are not simply a bunch of no’s. God will eventually gently lead you to a place where our vows re-emerge as yeses. And... Read more
Do You Love Me? (3rd Sunday of Easter)
I always tell students and retreatants, “God always begins from where we are.” If we can love God only this much, philia, he’ll take it. But he never gives... Read more
The Mark of the Unselfie
The cross, in fact, is a mark of the unselfie: the losing of self, the detachment from ego, the self-sacrifice. No, the cross is not masochistic. The cross is... Read more
“It is I. Do not be afraid.” (19th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
When all is well with our lives, we tend to push our luck, we tend to waste our blessings. Then we go to the deep end…where we lose ground... Read more