Interview with God

Interview with God

I recently came upon this piece to share with you:

I dreamed I had an interview with God.

“So you would like to interview me?” God asked.

“If you have the time I said.”

“My time is eternity.” “What questions do you have in mind for me?”

“What surprises you most about humankind?”

God answered … “That they get bored with childhood. They rush to grow up and then long to be children again.”

“That they lose their health to make money and then lose their money to restore their health.”

“That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the present, such that they live in neither the present nor future.”

“That they live as if they will never die, and die as if they never lived.”

God’s hand took mine and we were silent for a while. (Read more…)

Catechetical Sunday – September 15th

For many years now, the Church in the United States has designated the third weekend of September “Catechetical Sunday” to coincide with the beginning of the new School year. 

Here is a timely quote from the national catechetical office of the US Catholic Bishops on religious education:

Catechesis is a distinct and special ministry in the Church. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church makes clear, “Catechesis is intimately bound up with the whole of the Church’s life . (Read more…)