(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: http://brothersinchristcmf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Mass-Blog-for-the-5th-Sunday-in-Ordinary-Time-2022.mp3) Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying,“Whom shall I send?  Who will go for us?”“Here I am,” I said; “send me!” This first-person account of a prophet-in-the-making comes from Isaiah (Is 6:1-2a, 3-8), who, moments before, thought of himself as among the least-worthy of […]

 (For the audio version of this blog, please visit: http://brothersinchristcmf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Mass-Blog-for-the-4th-Sunday-in-Ordinary-Time-2022.mp3) Prophets and the best comedians have something in common: they’re fearless truth-tellers. They’re also their own most honest critics. While on life’s stage, for them, failure to win over an audience can result in literal or figurative death (“I died out there,” a comedian might […]

 (For the audio version of this blog, please visit: http://brothersinchristcmf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Mass-Blog-for-the-3rd-Sunday-in-Ordinary-Time-2022.mp3) A recent newspaper article titled, “How to be Your Own Life Coach,” stated: “You can’t always count on friends or family members for constant support—especially now, when everyone seems buffeted by uncertainty. Carve-out space in the morning to set priorities for the day. Then reflect […]

 (For the audio version of this blog, please visit: http://brothersinchristcmf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Mass-Blog-for-the-2nd-Sunday-in-Ordinary-Time-2022.mp3) Organizations—even church organizations—are often hobbled by letting perfect become the enemy of the good they wish to achieve. That old proverb has a more modern equivalent in faulty business management: “But we’ve always done it that way.” As we enter a new year, both philosophies […]