The Freedom of Forgiveness
In my last essay, I wrote about the importance of forgiveness. We are called to never stop forgiving those who have hurt us. But I would like to…
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Get Up Again
Human beings make mistakes. “To err is human”, famously writes Alexander Pope. This means we human beings need forgiveness. A lot of forgiveness! Peter asked Jesus, “Lord, how…
Debt Forgiveness: Are You Joyful?
During his earthly ministry, Jesus posed this question to Simon, a Pharisee, in the midst of a symposium-style dinner discussion: “Two men were in debt to a banker.…
Forgiveness: It’s Complicated
What does the word “forgiveness” mean to you? A burden? Something we are obliged (but never really want) to do? Letting someone off the hook? Pushing down hurt and anger?…
Forgiveness
Sunday Readings for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 17. Just about everyone can recite the Lord’s Prayer from memory. That’s precisely the problem, though. We often…
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…
The Good Father
One of Jesus’ most famous stories is of a father and two sons. The story is known as the story of the “Prodigal Son”, but it is more…
Cracking Open Our Hearts of Stone
Editor’s Note: This is a re-post from 2013 that fits in very well with the Year of Mercy. It wasn’t so long ago that my motto was, “I…
Baptism, Babies, and being Born-Again
Evangelical Christians often enjoy asking cradle Catholics if they have been, “born again”. If you ask them what they mean by “born again”, you will more than likely get an answer…
Red Hot Sinner
Have you ever been to Jerusalem? When you step out in early morn there is a chill in the air and by noon it’s so hot that you…