Oxford dictionaries named “post-truth” their word of the year. It is defined as “relating or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” The usage of the word…
Post-truth
A Hacked Epiphany
What was my welcome to 2017? My website was hacked the day before December 31! It was down for 5 days as I struggled with technology and an uninvited interloper who took ownership of my site. In the process of…
Driving the Good News
A few weeks ago I pondered some images for what some of the distortions of the Good News look like for many adult Catholics–including those who are the special love of the New Evangelization, those who have lost a living…
Epiphany
Readings for Sunday, Jan 8, the Feast of the Epiphany Up until now, all has been quite humble. A donkey-ride to a dusty town south of Jerusalem. Hotel rooms all booked up. Giving birth in a stable and laying the…
The Gifts of the Magi
This year, as the feast of Epiphany approaches, I have been reflecting on how the journey of the Magi and our own personal journeys are much alike. Of course, we are not all kings, or learned scholars, but we are…
Are You Making an Effort?
When I was a child, Christmas meant decorations inside the house and lights strung outside on the eaves and bushes, gifts under the tree, and Midnight Mass. The centerpiece on Christmas Day was the dining room table, which was set…
Would You Like To Know That Your Prayers Will Be Answered?
Do you find it hard to get God to listen to your prayers and to answer them? What if I could show you a way that God will answer a good chunk of your prayers virtually all of the…
But Are You Listening?
Recently, Father Mike Schmitz at Ascension Presents said in one of his videos that All unasked for advice is criticism. Wow. I’m constantly doling out the benefit of my experience to family members. Friends. The checker at the grocery store….
God’s Significant Extremes
Well, the holidays are just barely off the radar and it’s probably time for you to answer this question: How comfortable were you in the middle of the milieu of family, gifts, celebrations? Did you get a lot of “stuff”…
A reason, a season, a lifetime
No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. (Jn 15:13) I love the saying, “People come into our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime.” As the Christmas season gives way…