Finding Each Other

Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law, and also the prophets, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.” John 1: 45 The opening of today’s gospel reading for the Feast of St. Bartholomew begins with a description of the encounter between Philip and Nathanael, whom[read more]

Learning Mercy

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and you have neglected the weightier matters of the Law—judgment and mercy and faith. These you should have done without neglecting those. Blind guides, you strain out the gnat and swallow the camel. Matthew 23: 23-4 The distinguished 20th century[read more]

Unpicking Our Delusions

Blessed are the mourners, for they will be comforted. Matthew 5: 4   In a commentary on the character of Scrooge in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, he psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz writes: Ultimately Scrooge changes because the ghosts unpick his delusion that you can live a life without loss. They undo his delusion by haunting[read more]