Tom HoopesYou don’t get awards for doing the dishes, and Jesus doesn’t give any awards for faith, either. But what he does give will blow you away.
Tag: prayer
Certainly not, says Jesus — especially when that rich person is us. The real hope for the world comes from the saints who unambiguously warn us that we are courting destruction.
God speaks indirectly to us, constantly. Sometimes, though, his voice is so unmistakable and direct that it compels us to take a new direction. It did for me when I was 16 …
We are in way more trouble than the steward in the parable. If we are as shrewd as he is, we will scramble to do what we can before it’s too late.
When we sin we do what no other animal can do: We subvert our own deepest identity, turning against our very meaning.
At Mass we clearly belong in the lowest seat. It is only through a miracle that Christ finds a lower place and through pure grace that he exalts us to his heights.
Several prominent writers are questioning eternal punishment. If Jesus is right, then they are wrong.
It’s no good pretending the choice we are offered isn’t sad. But it’s also no good pretending that the alternative isn’t much, much worse.
Jesus gives his “little flock” a kingdom and marching orders to love.
If you had the chance to ask Jesus one question, what would it be? The Gospel for this Sunday gives a great example of what not to ask …