What “Good People” Can Miss

Saturday, September 1st, 2012 Posted in writing | Comments Off on What “Good People” Can Miss

In Jesus’ time, the Pharisees were, one might say, the professional good people. Carefully observing the Law in even the littlest things, they worked hard to be good and, perhaps more importantly, to be recognized as good. They also seemed ...

Tears of the Lord

Saturday, April 9th, 2011 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Tears of the Lord

The story of the raising of Lazarus comes near the end of the public life of Jesus. Throughout his ministry, Jesus had revealed the compassion of his Father by bringing freedom to people who had been imprisoned by illness, blindness, ...

Priest Lessons

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 Posted in photo, writing | Comments Off on Priest Lessons

Jesuit ordinations generally happen in June, and this year was no exception. I found myself thinking about my own ordination in 1974 and dug out something I’d written twenty-five years later. I doctored it up a bit and want to ...