(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Faith-based knowledge is power—when applied for the sake of beneficiaries. But some keep such knowledge to themselves. The faithless both disbelieve and mock such knowledge, making the faithful fear that…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) A good editor could have distilled Sunday’s first reading from Genesis down to a paragraph. This is the account of Abraham trying to talk God out of destroying Sodom and…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) This Sunday’s gospel account tells us Jesus’ new friend Mary was busy absorbing his teachings while Martha fussed about all the serving her lazy sister left her to do. Luke…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Christ taught St. Thomas to believe in a God we can’t see or hear. And by his doubt, Thomas taught us that we can’t see or hear God if we…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) When Pope Francis died in April, one might have wondered not only who would succeed him, but who would want to. This is an office best inhabited reluctantly but with…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) During her 55 years as a journalist, the late Barbara Walters posed tough questions to many world leaders. One question will forever cast shade on Walters’ journalistic legacy, however. During…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) “The Chosen” TV series about Christ’s mission has introduced Christians to various ancient Jewish traditions Jesus grew up with. One of them is the singing of “The Dayenu,” a Hebrew…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Proverbs tells us that the Holy Spirit of Wisdom was God’s teammate in humanity’s creation. Sunday’s account from that book makes it sound like fun. Wisdom says, “I [was] beside…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) Anyone paying their respects at the wake of a friend or relative has the opportunity to come away from it with a holy card. It’s customary to take one of…
(For the audio version of this blog, please visit: ) The Ascension seems like the perfect ending to the Easter season. This Sunday we read about Christ’s apostles looking up in the air after their Master gives them final instructions.…