Last night Chris Rock had an opening monologue that hit hard at the Hollywood powers-that-be. As you may, or may not, know, there have been no black actors nominated for a major Oscar in a couple of years. This has been even when there have been films with black leads who were well-rated critically. This […]
Archives for February 2016
Built Ford Tough – NOT
One of the famous sayings by the Ford Motor Company is “Built Ford Tough.” A new campaign is “Drive the Future of Tough.” Unfortunately, my experience with one of the recent models has been anything but “Ford Tough.” If anything, my experience has been Ford Wimpy. I am most definitely a disgruntled customer who has […]
Uncle Ernesto stories
I have a nephew with whom I share what I call Father Ernesto stories. (Well, I also share them with my sister.) I enjoy telling them, particularly because they are all true. They are the funny things that have happened to me while I have been serving as a priest. These are the stories that […]
An old essay from 2003 — Onesimus: A Tale of Sanctuary
October 2003 ONESIMUS: A TALE OF SANCTUARY I am appealing to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become during my imprisonment. Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful both to you and to me. . . . If he has wronged you in any way or […]
Slightly misleading meme
I saw the picture above on Facebook, with the meme, “That moment when you try to explain to Jesus how hard your life has been lately.” I laughed about it and re-posted it and thought little more about it until today. Then today I found myself thinking about the meme and realizing that there is […]
On Scalia and Ginsburg
One of the most interesting sides to the story of the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has been the obvious deep friendship that there was between the most conservative justice on the Supreme Court and the most liberal Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Each of them has been considered one of the premier practitioners […]
Sunday of the Canaanite Woman 2016
And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon.” But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying after us.” He […]
On idolatry – G.K. Chesterton
“Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice.” – G.K. Chesterton I wrote on this phrase back in 2014, when the conversational climate was not […]
Joint Declaration by Patriarch Kyril and Pope Francis
Joint Declaration of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God the Father and the fellowship of the holy Spirit be with all of you” (2 Cor 13:13). By God the Father’s will, from which all gifts come, in the name […]
