[Hi all, I'm still out of routine and haven't been able to write this week. So here is my post on Today's Gospel from three years ago, which is as timely as ever!] Over the past few weeks, the Sunday Gospel readings have taken a turn. The late Summer's general theme of opening up our … Continue reading Money Problems: A Reflection on Mark 10.17-31 (Repost)
If you haven’t noticed, I haven’t written much here lately. The simple reason why is that my sleep schedule has shifted, swallowing up my normal writing time. But as always, the real reason is a lot more complex. The fact is, I had a rough September. Work frustrations, a recurring water leak in my apartment, … Continue reading Messy Life in a Messy World: A Reflection on Job 1.1-2.10
[NOTE: When I was reading the lessons for today, I couldn't think of a more relevant message than the one I wrote back in 2019, right after today's feast. So here's a re-post of that piece. Enjoy!] -- As I was writing my post for the Feast of St. Michael and All Angels the other … Continue reading “I Saw Satan Fall like Lightning” (Further thoughts on Revelation 12.7-12) (Repost)
A former priest of mine once said that all ancient Christian heresies boiled down to an inability to assert that, in Jesus, God pooped. What he meant by this is that as much as Christians have celebrated the Incarnation, the belief that God became fully human and through that experienced the full range of human … Continue reading Wisdom IN Literature: Dayspring on Embodiment (and more!)
I’m continually amazed — though I really shouldn’t be at this point in my life — at how religion can be a force for good in the world, but also a force of great evil, evil made all the more powerful by being couched in the language of faithfulness. We are certainly at a moment … Continue reading Who Is Wise? A Reflection on James 3.13-4.3, 7-8a
Matthew Root 