The readings for the Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time treat us to a surfeit of riches. There is a beautiful passage from Zephaniah (2:3, 3:12-13), another from 1 Corinthians (1:26-31), and the ...

In viewing Ken Burns’ Vietnam series and then rereading Jesus’ words in The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-12), it strikes me as tragic that the world has usually reserved the highest honors for the ...