“Rise up!” are the first words we hear proclaimed to us this Sunday! “Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem!” Isaiah tells us on this feast of the Epiphany, the arrival of […]

We made it. The tumultuous journey through Advent is over, and we’ve arrived at a destination beyond our wildest expectations. We have found the King of Kings, surrounded by the […]

Last week I wrote about how portraits of the Holy Family, while beautiful, especially on Christmas cards, can help us place them on a pedestal. While worshiping God and honoring […]

We’re in it now. Three weeks into Advent and the Christmas cards are starting to appear Scotch taped on office doors and on refrigerators. I love Christmas cards, for a […]

This weekend’s psalm says it best: “Justice shall flourish in his time.”  It doesn’t say we hope justice flourishes, but that it will flourish. I’ve written before how Christian hope […]

Lord, thank you! Thank you for the vein that pops out of Kathy’s forehead when she’s concentrating. That blue fault line, it’s like you can see her thoughts take flight— […]

Credited to St. Augustine, the Irish playwright Samuel Beckett had a favorite saying: “Do not despair, one of the thieves was saved. Do not presume one of the thieves was […]

Of all weeks to have this collection of important, albeit difficult readings this Sunday! After one of the most hotly contested presidential campaigns in over a decade, after the election […]

Absalom: Nothing was ever accomplished with tears. Alice: Absalom, why are you upside down? Absalom: I’ve come to the end of this life. Alice: You’re going to die? Absalom: Transform. […]

I’ve always loved this one. This Sunday’s Gospel tells the story of Zacchaeus, a man whose eagerness jumps right off the page. On some level this is a sort of […]