Glaciers and tribal dancing: William and Kate visit Pakistan’s north
Bumburate, Pakistan | AFP | Wednesday 10/17/2019 – 03:18 UTC+8 By: Farooq Naeem and Muhammad Daud Wearing traditional headgear and clapping to…
“Equanimity” is one of the favorite words of my other spiritual director and philosophy teacher, Fr. Frank Reilly, S.J. He would always describe it as a state of being that one should aspire for.
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.
A week and a half ago, I gave a talk to a corporate group, and one of the key points was about putting in place an exit plan when one assumes a position of leadership.
This Sunday’s Gospel reminds us of two characteristics of Christ worthy of emulation.
The multiplication of the loaves and fish, today’s Gospel for the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, is a beautiful and powerful representation of the grace of the Holy Eucharist.
One can consider this Sunday’s Gospel (John 13: 31-33A, 34-35) as the core of Christ’s last will and testament: “. . . Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.”
Some of the Church’s greatest missionaries are converts who have experienced God’s love, mercy and compassion in a profound way.
Fr. Hans Kung, SJ, wrote that while we do not plan for suffering, inevitably we will suffer for what we believe in. This sums up the suffering and passion of Our Lord, as we observe the sacred season of Holy Week.
Many people long for a safe place where they can reveal themselves without fear of being judged. Today’s Gospel on the woman caught committing adultery dramatically lays out the safest of all places, the mercy and forgiveness of God.
Back in college almost 40 years ago, the parable in today’s Gospel was called the Parable of the Merciful Father. Let us reflect from this perspective, the Merciful Father, the forgiving, healing love of God.
