4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (4)

The French Dominican writer, Christian Duquoc, has a penetrating insight which argues that good is actually often the cause of evil. To prove this point he cites the many well-intentioned NGOs who try to go about saving the world, but end up, even in the cases where they …

The beatitudes form the dramatic opening of the Sermon and the Mount, the centerpiece of Jesus’ preaching in the Gospel of Matthew. In the way that Matthew has constructed his Gospel, Jesus’ sermon on the mount is meant to parallel the giving of the law on Mt. Sinai by YHWH. …

The great English writer and wit G.K. Chesterton would often be seen squeezed behind a table in a London restaurant for lunch. He would often joke about his great bulk, saying that he gave him great consolation to be able to give up his seat on the train for three ladies. …

In the cut-throat world of job interviews, with pressure on candidates to curate impressive CVs, there is an inevitable tendency for people to over-sell themselves. Having over-sold ourselves in the interview and secured the job, we then need to “fake it till we make it.” We …