Heaven is the enjoyment of a Trinitarian relationship that knows no limit, not the reward of tract housing real estate.
The Good Word
How do you know if you’re truly hearing the voice of the Good Shepherd?
How do you tell the shepherd’s voice from your own? How do you distinguish between the two, especially as his almost always emerges from within our own thoughts?
St. Augustine and the pondering we call prayer
Reflecting on the Emmaus story, St. Augustine suggested that the risen Lord enters our lives when we ponder, even though we cannot see the one who gathers us in by way of our memories.
What young mothers share with the disciples locked in the upper room
A Homily for the Second Sunday of Easter, by Father Terrance Klein
Dying like Christ: To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield
A Homily for Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion, by Father Terrance Klein
The night before he died, Christ brought something new into the world
A Homily for Holy Thursday, by Father Terrance Klein
On Easter, love has the last word
Loss always follows love, but in Christ, loss yields to love.
Christ’s Passion in Matthew and the psychology of death
A Homily for Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, by Father Terrance Klein
The raising of Lazarus wasn’t a resurrection
Lazarus’ miraculous resuscitation, difficult enough to comprehend, teaches us something of resurrection, which lies utterly beyond our ken.
Why Christians can’t (and shouldn’t) stop asking questions
We believers cannot answer our own questions, at least not to our satisfaction. But we equally cannot stop asking those questions, and that is what makes life worth living.
