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Fr Ronald Rolheiser
The last word: To whom can we go?
‘to whom else shall we go? you have the message of eternal life.” peter says these words to jesus. but they are spoken in a very conflicted ...
Christianity and noon-day fatigue
there’s a popular notion which suggests that it can be helpful to compare every century of christianity’s existence to one year of life. tha...
The seamless garment
john of the cross teaches that within spirituality and morality there are no exempt areas. simply put, you cannot be a saint or a highly mor...
Going on ahead, preparing the way
‘i go on ahead to prepare a place for you!” jesus speaks these words to his disciples on the eve of his death as he sits at table with them ...
When does faith disappear?
when friedrich nietzsche declared that “god is dead” he added a question: “what kind of a sponge does it take to wipe away a whole horizon?”...
From storybooks to spirituality
my first love was literature – novels and poetry. as a child, i loved storybooks, mysteries and adventures. in grade school, i was made to m...
Despair as weakness rather than sin
classically, both in the world and in our churches, we have seen despair as the ultimate unforgivable sin. the simple notion was that neithe...
Far from a plaster saint
dorothy day is alleged to have said: “don’t call me a saint; i don’t want to be dismissed that easily.” a new biography of her by her grandd...
Five centuries of misunderstanding
the heart has its reasons, says pascal, and sometimes those reasons have a long history. recently i signed a card for a friend, a devout bap...
The empty tomb
believers and non-believers alike have been arguing about the resurrection since the day jesus rose. what really happened? how was he raised...
How can Good Friday be 'good'?
good friday was bad long before it was good, at least from outward appearances. god was being crucified by all that can go bad in the world:...
Doing violence in God’s name
blaise pascal once wrote: “men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction.” how true! this ha...
Our shadow and our self-knowledge
what is meant when certain schools of psychology today warn us about our “shadow”? what is our shadow? in essence, it’s this: we have within...
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