Entrepreneurs like Jeff Bezos talk about being “innovators” and “disrupters,” but really they are not—not in truly world-shaking ways. Imagine if they announced to the world: We are doubling the wages of our warehouse workers, increasing benefits. We are becoming, for God’s sake, a cooperative.
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How do you listen to the voice of Christ?
This Sunday’s Gospel calls us to create that quiet place in the midst of the world’s distractions,
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Christ calls all of us to discipleship. Are we listening?
The Twelve were servants of Jesus’ mission. Now, after the resurrection, they have become Jesus’ friends.
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On Good Friday, we do not celebrate the Eucharist. But Christ is still with us.
The church has a single focus today—the death of Christ—but her Christ still lives, still suffers in her members and still feeds her with his flesh. We pause in time. Christ does not.
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St. Thomas Aquinas captures the heart of Holy Thursday
St. Thomas arrives at the very center of what happened at the Last Supper, of what would happen the next day on the cross and of what happens at every subsequent Eucharist. With his own hands, Christ gives himself to us.
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Why a song might be better than a sermon for Easter
Our senses will be deceived by the appearance of bread and wine, which is why St. Thomas Aquinas insists that we trust only one of our senses, our hearing. On Easter, we solemnly proclaim and hear, silently sounding within our hearts, the saving news of the Gospel.
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When did the agony of Christ begin?
Before the soldiers arrive, before the physical attacks, in the silence of the night, the soul of Christ struggles in agony.
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The power of God’s mercy
Vengeance, retribution and pitiless justice only amplify the power of sin.
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How can we be the messengers of Christ?
We are like the angel messengers at the tomb: to interpret the signs of Christ’s presence and activity.
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Why do we unleash evil even when we pursue the good?
Unless we remove all of the people, we will never produce a sinless church, one that pursues the good without also perpetrating some evil.