Loaves and Fishes – Apr. 6, 2022
“Young people say, “What can one person do? What is the sense of our small effort?” They cannot see that we can only lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time; we can be responsible only for the one action of the present moment. But we can beg for an increase […]
There is nothing that we can do but love – Apr. 5, 2022
“What we would like to do is change the world — make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe and shelter themselves as God intended them to do… We can throw our pebble in the pond and be confident that its ever-widening circle will reach around the world. We can give away an […]
What else do we want, except to be loved – Apr. 4, 2022
“Whenever I groan within myself and think how hard it is to keep writing about love in these times of tension and strife which may at any moment become for us all a time of terror, I think to myself, “What else is the world interested in?” What else do we all want, each one […]
The More Radical Cause
It’s very awkward to think: You know, Judas had a point.* He had argued that Mary’s use of the perfume was a waste; it could have been sold and the money given to the poor. After all, Jesus spoke often about justice for the poor; he told the rich young man, “Go, sell what you own, […]