16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (3)
2026 (1)
Dear friends in Christ,
Today Jesus asks us to stand against what is wrong without becoming cruel, to show mercy without ignoring the truth, and to believe that small acts of goodness can help God change the world.
Our first reading, from the Book of Wisdom tells us …
2025 (1)
Dear brothers in Christ,
Some years ago, I visited an elderly Jesuit who was mostly blind, hard of hearing, and no longer able to write. But each morning, he would sit in his chair and pray over the day’s readings with a battered breviary and a silence that seemed full. “I …
2017 (1)
This past week I found myself asking God why things happen the way they do? If God is all powerful, could he not prevent tragedy or evil? Inherent in this question, is a deeper underlying question as to how exactly does God act in the world in the first place? God …