Category: holiness

Second Sunday of Ordinary Time (A): I Corinthians 1:1-3

 

Imagine a typical day in your life.

You are going about your daily routine, when you get a call or a text message from a friend: “God spoke to me last night, and told me to tell you this…”

How would you react? Would you immediately accept what your friend is saying? Or would you resist and wonder what your friend drank last night, or what drugs your friend was using? Would you wonder if your friend was being hopelessly arrogant, claiming the authority of God for whatever your friend wanted to tell you? “So God speaks to you, huh?”, you might respond.  “Just who do you think you are?” Continue reading “Saints-R-Us”

Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (A)

Our smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktop computers offer us ready access to an astonishing amount of information on nearly every conceivable topic. One can even “google” oneself, and see what that brings up. Nowhere, however, do we find an app that will help us sort out all that information, help us discern the true from the false, and help us discern what information really is relevant to our lives. Like Pilate, we are tempted to ask, “What is truth?” Our culture does not offer us a clear answer to that question. How do we know what truth is? How do we receive it? Continue reading “Welcoming the Holy”