Archive: April 2014

What Does “Blessed” Mean?

The answer to this question may seem obvious, but it isn’t. “Blessed” has a number of meanings, depending in part on its pronunciation. And this has led to confusion about what Jesus was really saying in the Beatitudes. When used as a form of the...

No Place On God’s Earth

No Place On God’s Earth

There is no place on God’s earth for the unprofessional and unworthy comments on race as recently uttered by the owner of one of professional basketball’s top teams. The National Basketball Association (NBA) has announced its severe punishment of...

Seeing With Our Hearts

Seeing With Our Hearts

We all, each one of us, are walking on our individual journeys through life dealing with our questions either by ourselves or with others. Sometimes it is difficult to deal with our questions. Sometimes our questions are difficult. Sometimes our...

Doubts, Divine Mercy, and St. John Paul II

The Sunday after Easter always presents the event that took place in the Upper Room one week after Jesus rose from the dead. Pope John Paul II also designated this Sunday as Divine Mercy Sunday. And today the world celebrated the Canonization of...

God Desires A Homecoming For All Of His Children

God Desires A Homecoming For All Of His Children

The Gospel for the Third Sunday of Easter (Lk 24: 13-35) asks the question, “Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into His glory?” Many years ago a young man pointed that verse out to me and asked why. Why was it...

Gone Forever?

Gone Forever?

Recently, I attended mass for the first time in a few months. Last year, my wife suffered a stroke and it has not been easy getting out for the time necessary to attend services at my local parish. The experience reminded me of a “mini” Fatima...

Are We Searching For Life In Empty Tombs?

Are We Searching For Life In Empty Tombs?

A fifty-year-old man named Bob was given the bad news by his doctor that he had terminal cancer. Soon afterwards Bob wrote a letter to his best friend from high school named Greg, who lived out on the West Coast, and described his feelings, saying...

The Yertles of Capitalism

Capitalism is superior to other economic systems mainly because it provides equality of opportunity. In contrast, socialism strives for an impossible goal—equality of outcome—and in the process suppresses liberty. Yet, like every other human...