Archive for April 2022

Happiness is important and the desire for happiness is inseparable for the human spirit.  Misconceptions about happiness abound. As Catholics, we are quick to point out that pleasure has its place and there’s more to life – a bigger picture.   Happiness should be part of that picture.  Morality and virtues speak to holiness and happiness.…

EASTER! Jesus certainly put the resurrection FRONT AND CENTER. He inaugurated His kingdom with His resurrection, even as He brought about the restoration of Israel (Episode 7) We Are Citizens of the Kingdom in the Age to Come Promised to Israel We are living in a Kingdom, now, that joins Heaven and Earth under the…

The Jewish people in Jesus’ day were looking around, and could see that things did not seem to be going well for the chosen people. There was an understanding that they had broken the covenant and God had distanced Himself. Ezekiel 10 relates the departure of the presence of God from His temple: His glory…

Rites of passage in traditional societies show a firm grasp of the phases of transition. A letting go or symbolic death, followed by a wandering time until there’s a new beginning followed by a return to the new normal.  There’s not a big signature rite of passage for midlife. Midlife is spread out over time…