Learning and Listening: Identifying My Blind Spots and Committing to Growth
The words smacked me in the face. The conclusion of Harvard’s implicit bias study. Your data suggest a strong automatic preference for European American children…
obedience
Chastity, Poverty, and Obedience in Marriage?!
Before meeting Sarah the three vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience ruled my life as a Jesuit. Each vow held a sacred significance for religious…
Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love. — Aristotle
Do what is right not because you fear the consequences of doing otherwise, but because you love what is right and true.
#374-Do All Priests Take a Vow of Poverty?
“Do All Priests Take a Vow of Poverty?” Question begins at 8:20. ‘Coming Attractions’ reads from Luke. ‘Church Search’ visits Lawrence, Kansas.
Being Obedient
Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time. Being Obedient. (Fr. Steven Bell, St. Paul the Apostle Church, New York City, Wednesday, October 31, 2012,…
What Works: Why to meditate
In a famous exchange, Dan Rather asked Mother Teresa of Calcutta what she says in prayer and she replied, “I don’t say anything. I listen.”…
Salt of the Earth
A friend once told me, with a girlish smile, that when she receives Communion, she is so moved by the thought that our Lord gave…
Why NFP?
When Mary Alice Teti read Dr. Christine Whelan’s recent article on natural family planning (NFP), she was excited to see such an important issue being…
