(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: http://brothersinchristcmf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Mass-Blog-for-the-4th-Sunday-of-Easter-2022.mp3) Do most of us live in “quiet desperation”? Maybe the answer depends on your faith in something bigger than yourself. The question was inspired by a quote from Transcendentalist philosopher Henry David Thoreau: “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” It comes from […]
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: http://brothersinchristcmf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Mass-Blog-for-the-3rd-Sunday-of-Easter-2022.mp3) Most citizens of the free world have never been interrogated, but they know it’s a fearsome experience. Living under an oppressor’s boot will change you for better or worse—if you can survive it. Many who didn’t survive it are among Christianity’s greatest saints. And of […]
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: http://brothersinchristcmf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Mass-Blog-for-the-2nd-Sunday-of-Easter-2022.mp3) For the original disciples, the distinctions between Jesus and “The Christ” were as stark as the differences between the priesthood and prophecy for many modern Christians. This Sunday we contemplate the mental transition the apostles had to make, from knowing Jesus to BEING Jesus for […]
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: http://brothersinchristcmf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Mass-Blog-for-Easter-Sunday-2022.mp3) Jesus told his disciples at least THREE times while he was with them of his impending execution—and why it MUST happen. NONE of those times did they understand what he was saying. These were plain-spoken guys who weren’t always good at interpreting their master’s parables. […]