John Freund, CM
Author
Doing the Dishes
“Everybody wants a revolution, but nobody wants to do the dishes.”
Mayday! – Pope Francis and Vincentian Voices
Mayday! Mayday! It’s the call that no airplane pilot or ship’s captain ever wants to make. Why? Because it means trouble. Big trouble!
A Polarized Church both Then and Now
Growing up, I was fascinated by fading pictures meticulously glued into some decades-old family albums. There I saw pictures of my mother and father before I was born.
Mother Theresa and her “call within a call”
In 1946, during a train ride from Calcutta to Darjeeling, Mother Teresa received what she called, “the call within a call.” The Lord asked her to begin a new religious community that would live and work with the poorest of the poor.
Undervalued Gift
I am finally becoming aware of the gift I have taken for granted all my life. The home we call Planet Earth. I suspect I am not alone in this.
Doubting Thomas – the Fact-checker
’Doubting Thomas’ gets bad press. But in today’s post-truth world, full of fake news and disinformation, there is much we can learn from him”, says Rev. Peter Crumpler.
Eucharistic Gift – Wrapped In a Story
We know the Pope appreciates a good story. Maybe that is why a Capuchin preacher, speaking to the Pope, ended his profound reflection on the Eucharist with a story.
Learning To “Mercy” Is Like Learning To Walk
Do you remember learning to walk? Perhaps not. Yet, we were all once little children.
How Mary Experienced Her Son’s Resurrection
“How was your Easter?” How many times have you said that recently? Usually, it leads to a lively conversation about family gatherings, etc.
Easter People in a Good Friday/Holy Saturday World?
Some 60 years ago, I remember being struck by a question still relevant today. A great theologian, Johannes Hoffinger, asked: “if we are Easter People, why do we so often look like people in need of an aspirin?”