“our purpose is to know God, to love God, and to serve God. The meaning of life is really that simple.” What is the meaning of life? ***Spoiler Alert for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy *** “The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” is a satirical science fiction novel byContinue Reading
“We are most fully ourselves when we live as part of a community.” The Other Person There is an old Russian proverb, some wisdom that may have been imparted to young men as they contemplated marriage, that goes, “Don’t buy the house, buy the neighbor.” Or put another way,Continue Reading
“Our entire life here on this world is a pilgrimage, a word that embodies adventure, journey and quest all in one” The Ancient Pilgrim Sometime in the late 4thcentury, around the year A.D. 380, a “woman of means” went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. We know this becauseContinue Reading
“The Resurrection of Jesus is the fulfillment of all of God’s promises to us.” It is popular to imagine that the ongoing spiritual warfare, the battle of Good against Evil, is a contest of equal powers. Being equal in strength, the outcome of the battle is in doubt. But thisContinue Reading
“We have a King who keeps His promises.” A Parable “Once upon a time, there lived a princess, the daughter of a king. The king loved his daughter more than anything else, more than any other person or thing in his vast and beautiful kingdom. One day the king wasContinue Reading
“People who say they are spiritual but not religious are looking for a treasure without a map.” Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel “Treasure Island” had a tremendous impact on popular culture. It cemented pirates firmly in the popular imagination. Treasure Island gave us one-legged buccaneers with talking parrots, treasureContinue Reading
“…our true thirst goes beyond seeking the fulfillment of our material needs.” Paco There is a story from Spain of a father and a son, named Paco, who had become estranged. After a heated argument the son ran away. The father set off to search for him. He searched forContinue Reading
The Transfiguration, the revelation of God in His glory strengthens His disciples for the difficult times they are about to face. For us it reminds us of the glories that await us if we strive to follow Christ. In our “Hero’s Journey,” our epic spiritual quest, meeting God on theContinue Reading
the highest places on earth are traditionally where one goes to have an encounter with God The Mountaintop In ancient tradition, God dwells on the mountaintops. That is where Elijah encounters Him. But God was not in the great wind that tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks. HeContinue Reading
Perhaps some of the most difficult teachings of Christ concern how we respond to oppression. Cardinal Van Thuan In 1975, the communist forces of North Vietnam captured Saigon in the south and united the country under one communist rule. The communist authorities view Catholicism as the influence of a foreignContinue Reading