It hurts to be betrayed and have our trust eroded, our nerves exposed. Embarrassed. Anxious. Tired. But when it’s a friend. That’s when it hurts the most. Someone you’ve shared your life with, your hopes, your dreams. Spent time within a conversation, listened to, joked, and laughed with. When JesusContinue Reading
We see today the Apostles before the Sanhedrin. They don’t mince words. What they have to say is neither politically expedient nor does it endear them to them on a spiritual level. Rather, it infuriates their enemies and makes them want to put them to death. It’s a farContinue Reading
In today’s first reading, we see how central the Gospel is to the apostles’ life. Immediately upon being released from prison, they go right back to work. They don’t run home and get a shower. There is no time to grab a bite to eat. They went to theContinue Reading
There is nothing like a good scary movie or story to get the heart pumping. The men and women out there in the world of media know this and use it to their advantage. We even see its abuse in some of the news markets as they try to useContinue Reading
How and where do we meet the Risen Lord? As we continue to journey through Easter, the theme of the readings isn’t just that there are power and authority in the name of Jesus, but that the Risen Lord continues to be present in and through the community, through theContinue Reading
There is a rule in screen writing that you never put in a detail that won’t be used later. James Bond movies are famous for this. Early on in every James Bond movie Q gives James the exact secret gadgets he will need to get out of a life andContinue Reading
The world doesn’t like suffering, and let’s face it, neither do we. In this morning’s first reading, we see the suffering servant talking about the key to suffering, to salvific suffering. The beginning lines talk about how God has trained his tongue, and morning after morning, God opensContinue Reading