Formation

Struggles at a Well (John 4:5-42)

Some of the traits which come out in the Samaritan woman as she interacts with Jesus at the noonday well could paint her as a hard-hearted and difficult lady.

Ash Wednesday and the Witness of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton

An important step in Mother Seton’s conversion took place on Ash Wednesday, when she first entered the Catholic Church.

Living Ash Wednesday the Way Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Did

Mother Seton didn’t walk the Way of the Cross alone during her life, but rather she surrounded herself with a community, with whom she journeyed in mutual dependence, step by step, along the path Christ set for them.

Do Your Spiritual Hearing Aids Need Cleaning?

Lent is a time of listening… cleaning my ears to hear the Good News.

Nationalism, Racism, Exclusivism

Nationalism, Racism, Exclusivism

Jesus is the Suffering Servant of God who anoints him with the Spirit.  He brings forth justice to the nations.  Hence, he and nationalism cannot mix. What he himself has seen and what Cornelius has told him make Peter sure that God is not partial.  That is to say,...