(Mark 2: 18-22 ) This week, a good friend of mine died, Fred Rogers, whom you may have known from his popular PBS children's TV show, "Mr. Rogers Neighborhood." I…
In the early 1960s, shortly after the Cuban missile crisis, Thomas Merton wrote to the Polish poet Czselaw Milosz that in order to experience authentic Christian hope, we have to…
In the early 1960s, shortly after the Cuban missile crisis, Thomas Merton wrote to the Polish poet Czselaw Milosz that in order to experience authentic Christian hope, we have to…
Every human being on the planet has the right to live in peace. In pursuit of this basic human right, Mahatma Gandhi concluded that the only hope for the human…
Remain in Me May 18, 2003 (John 15:1-8) This week, I had two visitors, two young Jesuit novices. When you enter the Jesuits, after a few months, they send you…
My friend Fr. Bill O’Donnell, for twenty five years the pastor of St. Joseph’s Church in Berkeley, California, and one of the great peace and justice activists in the nation,…
(Mark 1:40-45) As you know, in those days, they thought you were being punished by God if you had leprosy, so you were excommunicated from the synagogue and sent off…
Today, in the name of peace, we say, "Don't bomb Iraq," and join our voices with over ten million people on six continents in over 600 cities who are marching…
(Mark 1:21-39) One way to look at the Christian life is to see it as a life lived in the footsteps of Jesus, which means we try to understand the…
Before moving to New Mexico, I served as director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the largest, interfaith peace organization in the United States. Once, I called a meeting of all…