Happy Easter! Allow me to veer away from our usual reflection on the Sunday Gospel.
I lately catch myself wondering, especially in this season, why God is allowing all the injustices and other moral aggressions to go around, and hoping He intervenes—and soon. But God seems to be taking His time.
There are moments in life when, in one quick instant, everything makes sense. We see this often as a technique in storytelling or movies, when a character suddenly understands his/her story. There is a flashback of events in the story, and details previously hidden become obvious and shed light on the entire story.
A few weeks ago I was invited to a premiere of a romantic-comedy movie. I was asked what my takeaway was and I said: “Follow your passion and it will set things right.”
THERE is, across cultures and eras, a vision of the end times—one that is almost always preceded by cataclysmic events before a new order reigns. We see this in today’s Gospel.
Fr. Ronald Rolheiser, OMI, wrote that “every good person shapes the infinite life and compassion of God in a unique...
Some 30 miles north from where I live in the town of Tiburon in California, a celebrated actor and beloved comic genius took his life last year.
Your mantra for the week: “I always expect the best and that is what I get.”
The day before deadline, I was driving to Manila when the 1971 revival of the 1965 hit “What the World Needs Now is Love” playing on the radio brought back memories.
He is risen! It happened on that first glorious Easter morning. Mary Magdalene, carrying flasks and bundles of spices...
