A Homily for the Seventh Sunday of Easter, Year C I have never had misgivings about my priesthood, but the older I get, the more seriously I take my ordination. For example, when I was a young priest, I recall reading that when the Italian mystic Saint Mary Magdalene de’
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In Remembrance of the Faithful Departed But, as it is written, “Eye has not seen or ear heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man, what things God has prepared for those who love him.” –1 Corinthians 2:9– One cold February morning, I received a photograph in
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The Wisdom of Father Eric Bergman, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Saint Gertrude the Great In fact, the hour is coming when everyone who kills you will think he is offering worship to God. –John 16:2– Father Eric Bergman, also a literal father of nine children, had been an Episcopalian priest. He,
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Festina Lente[1] When I was in college, I read an insightful article by the Japanese Catholic author Shusaku Endo.[2] He told the story of an ancient Buddhist temple atop a high mountain in Japan. The temple was so high and remote that it took pious pilgrims hours and even days
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 Second Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A In the 1996 movie The Preacher’s Wife, Denzel Washington plays the role of an angel named Dudley. One scene is a particular favorite of mine. A little boy, unaware that he is speaking to an angel, asks Dudley
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One of my more vivid childhood memories has to do with my father on winter, weekday mornings. While it was still dark, Dad would come into the room where my brother John and I slept and would turn on the overhead lights. “Get up, Boys!” he would announce. “Time
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