On the road to Emmaus

We all heard the sad news on Monday of the passing of Pope Francis, a fine pope, in my opinion one of the best, showing by example how to follow Jesus with courage, fidelity, simplicity, and sacrificial love. Two months after his election to the papacy in 2013, Francis warned of the danger of โ€œ[shutting] ourselves …

The path of life

A reflection on Psalm 16. He is risen! Christ is risen indeed. There was understandable shock and surprise, followed by joy, when the two women announced that the tomb in which Jesusโ€™s body had been laid was empty,ย and that Jesus, crucified on the Friday afternoon, was alive and well. Peter and John run to the …