"Not many of you should become teachers ... ; you should realize that those of us who do so will be called to the stricter account."|I am a teacher. I sometimes teach those who will become teachers. I've been a teacher ...

Every year I've struggled with the problem of what to "give up" for Lent. The year I gave up Pepsi I ended up with a very nasty caffeine withdrawal headache. The year I gave up meat I ended up making a permanent lifestyle ...

In the first reading, Paul talks about the justice system. Over the summer I watched a lot of judge shows on TV. Our culture seems full of people who feel they have been treated unfairly and want to go on daytime television ...

I'm sure there are lots of things the blind do very well, but I don't want a blind person driving my car or giving me directions. That would be a dangerous and futile situation. The blind leading the blind are not going ...

All the readings today are about love. "Love, Love, Love. Love is all you need." St. Paul tells us that we need to love others as Christ loved us. We need to forgive them and love them. The best way to follow Christ is to ...

In the first reading Paul wrote to Timothy, "For we brought nothing into the world, just as we shall not be able to take anything out of it." Paul says we came with nothing, and we leave with nothing. You can't take it ...

Like many of the other reflection writers, I am a teacher. I take that responsibility very seriously. I think it's very important to make sure the students have good information and have the skills they need to continue ...

Today's first reading gives us a sort of job application list for bishops and other church personnel. Even though the specific details for what sort of person would make a good bishop have changed, the general idea, I ...

When I first read the sermon today, I wasn't sure what it meant, despite Jesus' explanation of his parable. I thought it could fit along with the psalm which details the glories of the Lord. I thought Jesus might be saying, ...

Love is everything. Love is what motivates us and keeps us going and gives whatever we do that extra something special. Whatever we do, however technically proficient we may be, without love, it falls flat.||I love my job. ...