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to “feel” god
Google+ Twitter Pinterest Facebook  In today’s Gospel we hear that Jesus is getting ready to leave… again. I can imagine the distraught faces of the Apostles, and their sinking sense of dejavu. They might have said, “But Jesus, you already left us when you died! Now, you’re leaving us again?” But this time is…
one doesn’t “just” follow jesus
Google+ Twitter Pinterest Facebook Last week we heard about Jesus’ dinner invitation with one of the leading Pharisees; we heard that his popularity has been steadily increasing, and that he is becoming a celebrity of sorts. Today, the Gospel depicts a multitude walking with Jesus: “Great crowds were traveling with Him” (Lk 14:25). I can…
Trinity and Identity: You Are Not Homo Sapiens
Google+ Twitter Pinterest Facebook You Are Not “Homo Sapiens” We gather on this beautiful Sunday to adore God. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and even with the children crying in the pews, all of creation seems at rest in praise of its Maker. Today the Church sets before us the Holy Trinity….
Why are YOU a Christian?
Google+ Twitter Pinterest Facebook A couple of years ago, when I was still in seminary, we were assigned to parishes over the summer. Â I got assigned to a medium sized parish with a couple of resident priests. I befriended a Jesuit priest. Every night after having dinner, we would enjoy a glass of wine and…
the urgency of finding life
Google+ Twitter Pinterest Facebook The New World Order I was thinking about how we would respond if Jonah came to Floresville. How would we react if we heard this message; that Floresville or San Antonio will be destroyed in 40 days? Probably some people would ask him for proof. Probably he would get arrested for…
the amulet of faith
Google+ Twitter Pinterest Facebook A couple of weeks ago the youth of the Parish and I were reflecting on our human condition, and how divided our fallen human nature is. We talked about how sometimes we know exactly what the right thing to do is, but somehow end up doing quite the opposite. It is…
