“Reacting is easy. It’s harder for me to let myself feel pain, to ask the insoluble question: ‘Where is God in all this?’…”
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From Clerics to Cardigans: Tuesdays With Vinny
Cardigan sweater or clerical symbol, what Vinny wears in those videos is the bright love of God, and of this crazy world of ours…
The Incomprehension of “Pardon Me”
The first thing I asked when I sat down to dinner was how to say “thank you” and “pardon me.” As it turns out, “dziękuję” and “przepraszam” don’t sound like they look…
The Clothes Make the Man: A Clerics Story
We say that our clothes are an expression of our selves. And that’s true, but they’re also an offering. This is who I’m giving you today, they say. I’m giving you hipster. I’m giving you preppy…
“But What Does it Even Mean to Experience God?!”
“What does it even mean to have an experience of God!?” my friend belted out. It was all I could do to mumble a response to this too wise and too honest, too blunt friend…
From Rome with Love, or A Second Look at Fear
Seeing Rome for the first time I remember that adrenaline cocktail of alert excitement, fear, and invincibility that come from total anonymity in a big city…
Lost and Found, or Homelessness and Grace
One of the most sacred questions is a simple one: “What is it like to be you?”…
Inna Dat House: An Untold Story
“I’ve told countless stories about my time as a Jesuit Volunteer in Belize to anyone willing to listen. This, however, is a story I’ve never told…”
Beach Reading, or Seeing Patterns
For as long as I can remember I have been mildly obsessive about the condition of my favorite books. I hold them gently, like my grandmother’s arm…
On Evil Pt. 2: Feeding the Lion
“Evil is that strangely familiar force that makes us feel at home in the darkness. It’s not easy to face the shadows in our lives. We avoid it because of the risk…”