Tracing Our Lives in the Shape of the Cross
Reflection on the readings for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C. Perfection Imagine that God asks you to hold your arms out vertically for an entire day, sunrise to sunset. Then imagine that doing this will guarantee victory for one person in your life against their worst enemy: Victory against cancer, or depression, […]
Hand it All Over
Vocational Reflections on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi Give me all of eternity to try to grasp it, and I will never understand one simple fact: As a priest, Jesus chooses to literally place himself in my hands every single day when I celebrate Mass. Why me? Why any human, other than Mary? In the […]
Incarnate Faith and Practical Actions
The readings for this Sunday are a demand that our faith and love become “incarnate” as deeds, rather than just words. Jesus invites us to take up our cross and follow him by concrete, practical steps toward “giving our life away” for the sake of the Gospel.