Much

by Fr. Jet Villarin, SJ Listen to something lovely and radical happening in the Gospel story today. The uprooting happens when Jesus is invited to dine with Simon the Pharisee. A woman (presumably of the night, “a sinful woman in the city”) gatecrashes the party and begins “to bathe his feet with her tears,”wiping those … Continue reading Much

Hopeful

Originally written in TACKED THOUGHTS for The Freeman by Nancy Unchuan Toledo Many spiritual books, the foremost of which is the Bible, assert that we should put our hope in God. The saints, too, remind us, that if we would only be patient and trust God, we will find that God answers our prayers. Look … Continue reading Hopeful