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Always in a Hurry

June 14, 2013
Haste is our enemy. It puts us under stress, raises our blood pressure, makes us impatient, renders us more vulnerable to accidents and, most seriously of all, blinds us to the needs of others.

Can our need to have more hurt others?

More than a thousand clothing workers were killed in Bangladesh when their factory collapsed in April, focusing attention on substandard working co....

The faces of those affected by greed

Years ago, a colleague from the newspaper where I worked asked if I could go with him to an isolated town in Utah where a group of miners and their....

Ordinary Time

In a marvellous little book entitled, The Music of Silence, David Steindl-Rast highlights how each hour of the day has its own special light and it....

Keeping the Lord’s day holy

The third of the Ten Commandments (as Catholics count them) says, “Remember the Sabbath day — keep it holy.” The Book of Exodus go....

Each Sunday can bring us closer to the reason to move forward

Thirty years ago I had many irons in the fire. There were so many that finding time for even half of them was daunting.

Our Fundamental Option

Several years ago, at a conference that I was attending the keynote speaker challenged his audience in this way: All of us, he pointed out, are mem....

When we’re injured on the road, others are there to help

The steep road from Jerusalem down to Jericho is short and convenient. It provides a direct link from the great city down to Jericho and the rich f....

The good Samaritan, not just a nice guy

Is it the Samaritan traveller who captures your attention? Every year, countless homilists challenge Christians to model themselves after this bibl....
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