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Always “Doing God’s Will”
St. Paul told the Ephesians, Try to find what is pleasing to the Lord (Eph.5:9). When we are spiritually immature, we imagine that God has a detailed plan for what is pleasing to the Lord—for the earth, the United States, Tuscaloosa, my family, and especially, for me—right now, at every minute. Moderate reflection will…
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Changing hard hearts
The wedding was in Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding, though the hosts may not have anticipated how many disciples would come and empty their wine jars early in the celebration. Jesus seems not to have noticed what they had done, but…
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Nobody never gave me nothin’
Mulry Tetlow was the second of my three younger brothers. He had been a Jesuit and trained as a psychologist. Then he left and married. With three little daughters in tow, he moved the family to New Orleans and they lived not far from where we grew up. Dr. Tetlow was brought onto the staff…
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He decided on our relationship
Jesus told the disciples, I am the way, and the truth, and the life (Jn 14:6). For a long time, they did not understand. James and John, for instance, wanted Jesus to use His power over nature to zap lightning on the Samaritans who refused them a drink of water. Jesus must have just stared…
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What was behind the marvels
Once, Jesus multiplied a few loaves and a couple of fish for a huge crowd who had followed Him and listened to Him for a long, long time. His disciples could think only of going to buy a truckload of bread and fish. So Jesus took over. The story came down to gospel-writing time with this…
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Questions we have
These were the questions we were still asking in 1990 (after Vatican II and 1960s) when I made my sixtieth year. How far have we pushed “aggiornamento” and feel that our faith is vague and not very pertinent? And how deep did we get into the shopping mall and Walmart whether we are Christian/Catholic doesn’t…