Jason Pohlmeier
Carving Out the Sacred
The miners spent their days and nights in the mine. Their choice was either to have no church or to literally carve a sacred space out of rock and salt.
Frater Memento Mori
When a Subiaco monk dies, his funeral ends with his brother monks carrying his coffin, which one of the monks made, down the hill to the cemetery to be placed in a hole, which one of the monks dug, and each monk and guest shovels a scoop of soil back onto the coffin.
Isaac Jogues, First American Martyr
Do you know what Isaac Jogues loved more than his fingers? Jesus, and Jesus’ people whom he was sent to serve. The very people who ate his fingers. Do you know what Isaac Jogues loved more than his own life? Jesus, and Jesus’ people whom he was sent to serve. The very people who put a tomahawk to his head.
The Shepherd’s Voice
Every encounter with a saint, whether in-person or through prayer, should make us ask the same question: how can I channel God’s love to the world as this person did?
For Freedom
His passion, death, resurrection, and ascension set us free not as a means to any other thing, but for freedom’s own sake.
The Way is Not Easy
My previous pastor gave a homily in which he said something very similar that still resonates with me. He told us one Sunday that when we arrive at the gates of heaven, we should not look as though we just stepped off a cruise ship.
Presence is Mightier than the Sword
In making ourselves available to Jesus, despite our messy lives and our children poking each other with or without palms, we offer our lives to Jesus.
Go Make Something New
I had a wonderfully serendipitous experience recently. I had two different projects, one that began two years ago and one that began four years ago, that both came to completion on the same day.