Fr. Frank Majka, SJ – The Bridge

Lift High the Cross

Wednesday, September 17th, 2014 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Lift High the Cross

Around the year 300, Helena, the mother of the Emperor Constantine, declared that in Jerusalem she had discovered the cross of Jesus. Over the ensuing decades and centuries, pieces of that cross came into the possession of churches, monasteries, chapels ...

Getting It Right, Getting It Wrong

Monday, September 1st, 2014 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Getting It Right, Getting It Wrong

Peter’s declaration that Jesus was the Christ, the Son God, is one of the turning points of St. Matthew’s gospel (Matthew, ch.16), and Jesus tells Peter that he could never have come to that realization on his own; it had ...

Transfiguration

Sunday, August 17th, 2014 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Transfiguration

The feast of the Transfiguration (August 6) commemorates when Christ’s appearance became radiant with the light of his divinity and when Peter, James and John heard God’s voice from a cloud telling them to listen to Jesus. At first it ...

Tolerance

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Tolerance

In the plans for putting up buildings, tolerances are included in order to allow for, as one article put it, “some necessary leeway for imperfections.” But when it comes to the spiritual life, isn’t tolerance for imperfections a bad thing? ...

Lessons

Tuesday, July 8th, 2014 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Lessons

In last Sunday’s gospel reading, Jesus tells people, “Come to me . . . Learn from me.” Most of us are familiar with education. We know how to study, take tests and do writing assignments. But Jesus is not talking ...