It was a quiet, overcast, rather humid Sunday afternoon in Boston's Fenway neighborhood. I walked to a store nearby and bought the Sunday paper, The Boston Globe, and a large cup of coffee. Once at home, I sat comfortably to read it. Everything was silent, one could hear the hum of traffic from Massachusetts Avenue. I was concentrating on some article in the paper when suddenly I became aware of a presence. I thought some intruder could be in. I thought so, since someone had tried to break in … [Read more...]
The Rival
"Then [Jesus] said to them all, ‘If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will save it." (Luke 9:23-24 NRSVACE)Rivers of ink have flowed in the last twenty centuries and yet all the lessons contained in these two verses of the Gospel are not nearly extracted yet. One thing almost every man experiences, is the natural tendency to reject … [Read more...]
