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Youth Today – Who are They Really?
A seminarian I know recently went to a party on a Friday evening at a local university campus. The group was a crowd of young, college students and when he
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The Ten Commandments of Mercy
Among the Ten Commandments, one begins with the word “remember”: Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day”. It reminds us to recall something we already know. There are commandments of mercy written
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Daniel Berrigan – RIP
Before you get serious about Jesus, first consider how good you’re going to look on wood! Daniel Berrigan wrote those words and they express a lot about who he was and
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Marking an Anniversary
What we cease to celebrate we will soon cease to cherish. This year, 2016, marks the 200th anniversary of the founding of the religious congregation to which I belong, The Missionary Oblates
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Loyalty and Patriotism Revisited
In a recent article in America magazine, Grant Kaplan, commenting on the challenge of the resurrection, makes this comment: “Unlike previous communities in which the bond among members forges itself through those it
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Love – A Projection and a Reality
The famed Jungian writer, Robert Johnson, makes this observation about falling in love: “To fall in love is to project the most noble and infinitely valuable part of one’s being
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The Power of Prayer and Ritual inside our Helplessness
In the movie based upon Jane Austen’s classic novel, Sense and Sensibility, there’s a very poignant scene where one of her young heroines, suffering from acute pneumonia, is lying in bed
https://ronrolheiser.com/the-power-of-prayer-and-ritual-inside-our-helplessness/
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The Triumph of Goodness
The stone which rolled away from the tomb of Jesus continues to roll away from every sort of grave. Goodness cannot be held, captured, or put to death. It evades
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The Understanding and Compassion of Good Friday
As Jesus is being crucified he utters these words: “Forgive them, they know not what they do.” It is not easy to say these words and it is perhaps even
https://ronrolheiser.com/the-understanding-and-compassion-of-good-friday/
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The Power of Fear
Fear is the heartbeat of the powerless. So writes Cor de Jonghe. That’s true. We can deal with most everything, except fear. The late Belgium spiritual writer, Bieke Vandekerkehove, in a very