I look at our troubled world and wonder: how did we come to be so narrow-minded and merciless?  So, consumed with protecting ourselves and our own that we ignore all too easily the cry of the one in need?   Our world—we—have enough resources to give every child born into this world sufficient water, food, clothing, shelter, health services, education.  A chance to play, to dream. A time to discern their gifts and use them to make a difference in this world.   Yet, our world—we—choose “us”...

We sometimes think it is obvious that we can see or experience God.  For example, in the Catholic faith every time we contemplate the mystery of the Eucharistic bread and wine transformed into the Body and Blood of Christ, we “see” the divine present.  Yet, we have to be careful here.  To think we see God fully there or anywhere runs the danger of turning an experience of God into an instrument for our own purposes—be that purpose to feel close to God, to assure ourselves of faith, to think...

Part 4 and final blog on the future of the Church in light of the Second Vatican Council