I’ve often been accused of living in, or wanting to live in, the past, as if such thoughts were some kind of weird psychological aberration....

Once, when I saw Jesus in the form of a small child, I asked, 'Jesus, why do you now take on the form of a child when You commune with m...

Readings : 1 Cor 1:1-9 • Ps 145 • Mt 24:42-51 ------------------------------------------ Today we celebrate the memorials of two saints. T...

“ This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice in it and be glad” [Ps 118:24]. We all know these words, don’t we? And I’m pretty s...

A few days ago I included a long quote from a book Pope Benedict XVI wrote long before he was pope [See this post: October 18 ]. In it Pope ...

I couldn't help but notice some of the less than gracious comments in the media about Pope Benedict in the wake of his announcement in w...