Why is there such bitter polarization inside of our countries, our neighborhoods, our churches, and even in our families? Why do we feel so unsafe in many of our conversations where we are perpetually on guard so as not to step on some political, social, or moral landmine?
Father Ron Rolheiser: Civility Has Left the Building
Father Ron Rolheiser: The Passion of Christ as Passivity
We speak of that section in the Gospels which narrates Jesus’ life from the Last Supper until his death and burial, as chronicling his “Passion”, but why do we call Jesus’ suffering just before his death his passion?
Father Ron Rolheiser: Reindeer Games
Father Rohlheiser reflects on crowds. Some crowds can be good and purposeful, but others can get caught up in the fever of group-think and be mindless.
Father Ron Rolheiser: The Spirituality of Eugene de Mazenod
The founder of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Saint Eugene de Mazenod, said that Christian discipleship and spirituality is something of value and importance for everyone.
Father Ron Rolheiser: The Law of Gravity and the Holy Spirit
The Scriptures tell us that the Holy Spirit is both a physical and a spiritual force, the source of all physicality and of all spirituality all at the same time.
Father Ron Rolheiser: Helplessness as Fruitful
Sometimes passivity is more fruitful and generative than if we were doing something. We see an example of this in Jesus. He gave both his life and his death for us – but in separate moments.
Father Ron Rolheiser: The Power of Words
Words give us meaning. We can’t make or remake reality, but the words we choose to name our reality can lift us out of the humdrum of everyday experience.
Father Ron Rolheiser: A Subtler Kind of Poverty
Whenever I see people working in service jobs such as cooking in cafeterias, cleaning houses, mowing lawns, working in construction, doing janitorial work, and other work of this kind, I am often left to wonder, are they like my brother?