Reflection March this year has been an incredibly difficult month. At a time when we are used to celebrating the rebirth of Springtime, we have been faced with daily bulletins of sickness and death. We have all suffered loss in one way or another. Reflecting on this, columnist David Brooks wrote a very thoughtful article in the New York Times
Reflection Through Jesus God promised light from darkness and life from death. The awakening of the earth in Springtime, the lengthening of the daytime hours images that promise. Under the dark cover of the winter earth, there was life ready to become vibrant again. Jesus refers to his own act of self-giving, in the image of the grain of wheat,
Reflection Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died”. John 11:1 – 45 Martha’s words were matter of fact and to the point. ” Where were you when we needed you?” Do we consider that accusatory or do we see it as an honest question based in relationship? The fact is that
Reflection Crisis reveals the character of a person and of a nation. The sacrifices we are willing to make for the common good or not willing to make show who we are. The understanding and compassion we show or cannot show measure our humanity. The decisions we make indicate our values. The priorities we set are a measure of our
Reflection Separated and confined to our houses for mutual protection we realize that this is a situation we have never encountered before. In the midst of hurricanes, floods, earthquakes and even the 9/11 attacks we were never isolated from one another, unable to touch one another, fearful of breathing near one another. We have always been able to gather, to
Reflection Into this atmosphere of apprehension and disquiet Spring comes with its message of life. It is seedtime and from under the cover of earth life is ready to dazzle us with its resiliency. Seeds are ready to release their secret of life. The power of Divine Life is within each one and every seed is a mystery that holds
Reflection “Today, science has brought all the different quarters of the globe so close together that it is impossible to isolate them one from another. Today we are faced with the preeminent fact that, if civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships—the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together and work together,
Saint Oscar Romero Reflection Today is the anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero. When he became Archbishop of San Salvador on Feb. 22, 1977, he was expected to be quiet and cooperative. Instead, he was converted by the suffering of his people and united himself with them. In El Salvador, in the 1970s and early 80s, a violent
Reflection The Christian ideal is personal goodness, but personal goodness requires that we be more than pious, more than faithful to the system, more than mere card-carrying members of the Christian community. Christianity requires that we each be so much a prophetic presence that our corner of the world becomes a better place because we are there. The call of
Reflection One thing I do know is that I was blind and now I see. John 9:1-41 Blindness is a spiritual metaphor. How often our misery is caused because we cannot see reality and have layered it with feelings, hurts and unwillingness to accept our own responsibility. We wander around in mental darkness and cannot see through the obstacles we