Have you ever been accused of something you didn’t do? Once a student of mine reported me to the office for doing a poor job […]
The Kingdom of God
There is a beautiful verse in the first reading for Mass today, from the book of Job. He is talking about how mighty and powerful God is, and his descriptions of God are almost like poetry: “He commands the sun, and it rises not; he seals up the stars. He alone stretches out the heavens and treads upon the crests of the sea.”
Salvific Suffering: Making Suffering Useful
“Job opened his mouth and cursed the day.” That is how our first reading opens today. Job cursed his day—the circumstances of his life—but he […]