As we move through the years of our lives we quite naturally do a certain amount of “finding” ourselves so to speak. I am finding personally that the “finding” of “myself” has less and less to do with what is “out there.”…

I’m so glad that it all does not depend upon me.  In saying this, I don’t mean that I am shirking my responsibility to contribute to the world and to the hopes and dreams that we all have for a better more compassionate world where all receive the great dignity that we have as beloved creatures of a Loving God. …

Who has trouble finding their keys?  Without fail, although I have told myself that there is a designated place in the house that I will set my keys, when I arrive home I place them somewhere else that is usually tied to a distraction that I carry into the house with me. …

“Those who follow you, Lord will have the light of Life,” so today’s Responsorial goes (PS 1: 1-2, 3, 4 and 6).

What does it mean to follow?  Are we afraid to follow?  Does it show weakness in character or lack of confidence? …

In the selection from Genesis today (Gn 3:9-15, 20), we hear the aftermath story of the “fall” of humankind.  The “original sin” as it has been traditionally referred to…that moment when Adam and Eve decided to defy the Creator’s request and take the fruit of the tree of “Knowledge of Good and Evil,” despite clear instructions not to do so. …