(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: http://brothersinchristcmf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Mass-Blog-for-the-32nd-Sunday-in-Ordinary-time-2021.mp3) One thing that hasn’t changed in this world since Jesus walked among us is humanity’s B.S. mastery. A recent article by a business-to-business writer defines a B.S. artist as “someone intentionally or unintentionally, consciously or unconsciously, communicating something with little regard for the truth, genuine […]

(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: http://brothersinchristcmf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Mass-Blog-for-the-31st-Sunday-in-Ordinary-time-2021.mp3) In late 1800s America, The Rock of Gibraltar became an iconic image for the newly formed life insurance industry. Prudential adopted it because, according to the company, “a century after the Great Siege, it was still the most famous fortress in the world.” Gibraltar was […]

(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: http://brothersinchristcmf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Mass-Blog-for-the-30th-Sunday-in-Ordinary-time-2021.mp3) Upon his 1933 Inauguration as president of the Depression-afflicted United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt encouraged the nation, saying “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Fifteen years later, in his essay “On Living in an Atomic Age,” C.S. Lewis wrote, “If we […]

 (For the audio version of this blog, please visit: http://brothersinchristcmf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Mass-Blog-for-the-29th-Sunday-in-Ordinary-time-2021.mp3) Last week we talked about first responders who sacrifice their lives in service. For that they receive humanity’s undying adulation. But there are some who wish to achieve such glory without realizing the price. A few of these types accompanied Jesus when he walked among […]