Today the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the conversion of St. Paul. If we met Saul today, we might be tempted to think he was beyond redemption.  Saul was a Christian killer.  He took an active part in the martyrdom of Stephen.  At one point he confessed that “beyond measure” (his words) he persecuted […]

Today we celebrate Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., a leader in the American civil rights movement until his assassination in 1968. King took to heart Jesus command to love our enemies.  He believed that a key to our ability to do so is to discover the element of good in them, the starting point for […]

Tonight was the opening session of the Lenten Ignatian Retreat at St. Thomas More.  After this initial large group meeting, small retreat groups will meet weekly, and participants will pray each day with materials we provide to them that are based on Weeks 2 and 3 of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. I gave […]

Today was the second session of the Fall Reflection Series that Jennifer Wright and I are offering at the University of St. Thomas (on the Minneapolis campus) this year.  The theme for this five week series is Women of the Bible. In last week’s opening session, Jennifer spoke about Sarah and Hagar.  (You can find her talk […]

Monday was the first session of the Fall Reflection Series that Jennifer Wright and I are offering at the University of St. Thomas (on the Minneapolis campus) this year.  Our theme for the five week series is Women of the Bible. Monday I briefly introduced the series and Jennifer spoke our our first subjects: Sarah […]