A Homily for the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome, by Father Terrance Klein
Terrance Klein
The Rev. Terrance W. Klein is a priest of the Diocese of Dodge City and author of Vanity Faith.
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Meet Francis, my friend in heaven
I often find myself not only being with Francis in prayer but asking things of him. It is important to question why I do that and why so many others do the same with their deceased loved ones.
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Purgatory isn’t a punishment. It’s like a dream that makes us whole.
Purgatory is not some portion of the punishment that is hell. It is the sweet completion of what began under the sun.
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Does God play favorites in prayer?
A Homily for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein
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A glimpse of heaven from a childhood tree house
A Homily for the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein
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You cannot heal the sickness you do not see
It is hard to say which dawns first: the awareness of our brokenness or the acknowledgment that God is our savior, the one who makes us whole.
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What to do when it feels like God isn’t listening
“How long, O LORD? I cry for help, but you do not listen!” We may indeed be crying, but we need not fear that God is not listening.
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How the human heart can be both callous and compassionate
How do we look at each other and not see ourselves?
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Moving as a metaphor for life
Moving, changing jobs: These are pale images of the transformation we call the Gospel, the call of Christ to radically reorient our worlds.
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What is revealed in the cross of Christ?
The cross of Christ does not take away suffering. No, it makes it meaningful because it announces what had never really been revealed before: the senseless enigma of human sin.