The Angry Mob
A number of years ago, I had the privilege of acting in an Easter production of the life of Christ entitled Love According to John. This musical featured a cast…
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Why did Jesus have to die?
In the Bible (and in the biblical era), the concept of “sonship” is an important one. A son is more than an heir to the possessions of his father –…
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Lead us Not Into Temptation part 2
Yesterday, I posted part I of a reflection on the temptations of Jesus where, at the beginning of the Gospel, the devil lays our trap after trap for Jesus… who…
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Lead Us Not Into Temptation…
For we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin….
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Blessed Chaos
One of the great treasures of our faith is a legacy of beautiful art which tries to both point us to the One who is infinitely beautiful – and to…
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Lessons From Star Wars: The Stony Heart
“…show that you are a letter of Christ, prepared by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on…
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“With Eyes of Mercy”
We have a big year coming up. Starting this fall, the Catholic Church will be celebrating a “jubilee” year focused in particular on the mercy of God. Jubilee years find…
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Be the Hero: doing what you can
From time to time we all see or hear about professional athletes being put into critical situations for their team: being put on the ice for sudden death overtime in…
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What does it mean to be free?
Because I spend a lot of time trying explain my faith to teenagers, many of them have no problem turning around and asking me questions about this or that teaching…
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There’s a Little Judas in all of us…
Picture yourself: a follower of Jesus during the first century. One called – audibly – by name to follow Him, one selected to be among His inner circle, one of…