Vulnerability, being susceptible to harm, is usually seen as a bad thing. Harm is not good: why would someone be willing to be susceptible to it? But the Christian story is exactly that: God became a human being, Jesus, and…
Yesterday was the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul. These two men were the pillars of the ancient Church who were martyred by the Roman Emperor Nero. And yet even though they were killed by Rome, they conquered Rome in…
There are literally dozens of Gospels that were floating around the ancient world. We are all familiar with Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, But there are also many other Gospels like the Gospel of Peter, the Gospel of Thomas, the…
Paul’s letter to the Philippians is considered one of the undisputed letters of the apostle. He writes this letter from prison and is potentially facing execution for the Gospel. And yet even though he appears to be in a lose-lose…
I confess that I do not like interruptions. When I am in the middle of something, I like to keep working on it. To be interrupted feels sometimes as if one is being kept from the task at hand. But…
Less than two weeks ago, I was in the same boat as all of you: watching our new Holy Father present himself to the world for the first time. Cardinal Robert Prevost introduced himself to his Church as Pope Leo…