(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) I love little movies that reveal themselves as parables. “Sweetwater” is such a film. It’s the tale of how Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton changed the world of the National Basketball Association…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) The King David whom Peter recalls as the ancient patriarch of his people in this Sunday’s first reading (Acts 2:14, 22-33) seems a far cry from the King whom Peter…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Jesus’ favorite disciple doesn’t give us a very flattering image of fellow disciple Thomas Didymus. Sunday’s excerpt from John’s gospel (Jn 20:19-31) details how Thomas won his nickname “Doubting Thomas.” …
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) This Easter Sunday Peter recalls that he and the other apostles witnessed all of their Master’s miracles—except for his final one: rising from the dead. This was the miracle Jesus…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) In Matthew’s account of the Passion we read this Sunday (Mt 26:14—27:66), Jesus says to the people who would help him fulfill his mission to die for humanity’s life, in…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Our family saw a double feature yesterday. On their surfaces, these two movies couldn’t have been more alien from one another, but deep down they were connected by a heart.…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) This Sunday’s gospel reading about Jesus restoring life to Lazarus has a section that’s often overshadowed by that great miracle (Jn 11:1-45). In it, Jesus teaches his disciples about the…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) What do you think when you see the word “Creed?” If you go to the movies a lot, you may know it’s the latest in the series of boxing movies…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) A new brand of software-equipped eyeglasses is now available, offering wearers real-time text recognition, voice controls and hands-free video calling. These “smartglasses,” the manufacturer promises, “enable the unprecedented experience of…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Recently The Wall Street Journal published a page-long article on kids killing kids (Juvenile Crime Surges, Reversing Decline). It quoted several experts blaming the pandemic’s elimination of “routine” in kids’…