MANILA, Philippines–On the first day of the House of Representatives’ investigation of the Mamasapano massacre, PNP officer in charge Leonardo...
Time and again, I go back to Fr. James Keenan’s definition of mercy or compassion as entering the chaos of another and helping him/her make meaning out of the chaos.
Feb. 237th—Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18; Psalm 103, R. The Lord is kind and merciful.; 1 Corinthians...
Luke Evans understands transformations. The 37-year-old actor has played fiendishly good-looking fiends such as Owen Shaw in the 2013 carmageddon megasmash “Fast & Furious 6” but has also played goodly handsome do-gooder Bard the Bowman in Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit” trilogy. He’s gone immortal (2011’s “Immortals,”) cursed (2014’s “Dracula Untold”) and fragile (2016’s “The Girl on the Train”).
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach, when feeling out of sight, for the ends of being and ideal grace... I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.” (Sonnet 43, Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
Remembering the context of the Transfiguration gives us a better appreciation of its meaning. It comes right after Christ predicts in Caesarea Philippi his coming death on the Cross and Resurrection, and he states that this is the way of discipleship.
This Sunday’s readings remind us of the graces of detachment and indifference. As the Gospel counsels, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.”
A decade ago, entrepreneur and writer Eric Ries released his “Lean Startup” methodology. Three years later, this was codified in his best-selling book of the same title. One of the key concepts of the methodology is the pivot.
A question many of us ask is how do we know God’s will for us? How do we discover our mission, what God wants us to do to make this world better?
Feb. 2 2020 – Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Feast of the Presentation Reading: Malachi 3: 1-4; Psalm 24, Response:...
