French Jean Paul Sartre once defined Hell as other people. I might go him one better and define it as other people just like one’s self. The road to Hell is paved, not with good intentions, but with selfish preferences. People that choose this...
Bartimaeus, a blind man, cried out, “Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me. —- Master, I want to see.” (Mk 10:47-51) That passage of scripture has always been very sacred to me because my mother was blind. She lost her eyesight when she was...
On this Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, the readings lead us to a discussion of wisdom and light. We begin with the Gospel of Matthew (5:13-16) and the Sermon on the Mount, from which today’s gospel reading is taken. Immediately after proclaiming the...
