July 1999 The babble of some people is like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise is healing. –Proverbs 12:18– Introduction I always felt a secret twinge of regret that my poor eyesight prevented me from following in my surgeon father’s footsteps. But after
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The statutes of the LORD are true, all of them just; more desirable than gold, than a hoard of purest gold. –Psalm 19:10-11– In his massive book, The Future of Life, naturalist Edward O. Wilson describes a fascinating battle between two species of ants. Red ants attack black ants.
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A Homily for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Peter said to him [viz. Jesus] in reply, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.” He said, “Come.” Peter got out of the boat and began to walk on the water toward
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And he [i.e. Jesus] said to them in reply, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the good news proclaimed to them. –Luke 7:22– Though
Read moreThe Courtship of Princess Lucilda By Father Bernard J. Ezaki Tell All the Truth Tell all the truth but tell it slant, Success in circuit lies, Too bright for our infirm delight The truth’s superb surprise; As lightning to the children eased With explanation kind, The truth
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A Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Easter Year A When he [i.e. the shepherd of the sheep] has driven out all his own, he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, because they recognize his voice. –John 10:4– If I could see well, one of
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A Homily for the Second Sunday of Easter Then he [i.e. Jesus] said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe.” –John 20:27– Have you ever heard of the
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A Homily for those Preparing for Confession If we acknowledge our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from every wrongdoing. –1 John 1:9– On my bookshelf, there rests a little volume entitled God Never Panics by Nate Carter. Here is
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A Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Lent Year A Father Bernard J. Ezaki Sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt. There are tears in our affairs, and things mortal touch the mind. –Virgil’s Aeneid, Book 1, Line 462– In 1867, Mark Twain took a cruise with some fellow Americans
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A Homily for the Third Sunday of Lent Year A Here is one of my favorite stories. It is entitled, “God and the Duck.” Its author is unknown, and I give it to you with a few embellishments: When little Johnny was visiting his grandparents, he was given
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