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Our second reading contains one of the most precious texts in the Christian tradition, Paul's description of the mind of Christ. While the old Adam c…
17 years, 9 months ago
As High as the Heavens
The Biblical manner of dealing with the problem of evil is neither to deny the fact of evil nor the fact of God's existence. Rather, it is to stress …
17 years, 9 months ago
The Triumph of the Cross
We will understand the power of this feast only when we grasp how very strange it is to speak of the cross as a triumph. Paul's great hymn in his let…
17 years, 9 months ago
Fraternal Correction
The command to love compels us to engage in the difficult task of fraternal correction, but it enjoins us to do so carefully, always aware that it ca…
17 years, 10 months ago
The Problem of Suffering
Most of the great religions and philosophies of the world center around the issue of suffering. Stoicism, Buddhism, Platonism all propose different p…
17 years, 10 months ago
Ekklesia
Jesus tells Peter that he will build his ekklesia on the rock of Peter's confession. The word ekklesia means "called out from." To be a member of the…
17 years, 10 months ago
Christ, the Son of God
The Church never tires of confessing the divinity of Jesus, for in that confession, the Church finds its whole identity. Over the centuries--and in t…
17 years, 10 months ago
The Sower
We have the special privilege of hearing Jesus himself interpret one of his parables. He tells us the three basic reasons why the Word is not accepte…
17 years, 11 months ago
Take My Yoke Upon You
The Gospel for today allows us to overhear a conversation between the Father and the Son. We learn that the Son receives everything from his Father, …
18 years ago
Old Adam, New Adam
In his letter to the Romans, Paul tells us that Jesus is the new Adam or the second Adam. He means that Christ sums up the history of Israel and rene…
18 years ago