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Not too long ago, someone was complaining to me about the way the church chooses its saints. And she thought it was a little bit insulting that almost all the saints on the church’s calendar were religious – priests, nuns, monks, etc. There were almost no married people. And she couldn’t think of any married…

When I was looking over the readings for this weekend, I thought to myself: well, nobody could be blamed for feeling hungry in the middle of mass. Food is mentioned everywhere. Again and again we hear references to a great feast — how God will provide for us, and nurture us, and nourish us. “Juicy,…

The other day, a California TV station gave a heartbreaking glimpse at what is happening to thousands of people right now. It reported on an area near Pasadena known as “foreclosure alley” – a part of the state where 700 families a day are losing their homes. And it followed a cleanup crew going from…

In his book, “The Waters of Siloe,” Thomas Merton tells the true story of a French businessman in the months after World War II. The businessman had been born and raised Catholic. But he’d forgotten about his faith has he got older. During a business trip, he was checking into a Paris hotel late one…
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