Author Archives: John McKenna

http://ronrolheiser.com/ In the movie based upon Jane Austen’s classic novel, Sense and Sensibility, there’s a very poignant scene where one of her young heroines, suffering from acute pneumonia, is lying in bed hovering between life and death. A young man, … Continue reading →

http://ronrolheiser.com/ Devotional prayer to Mary, the mother of Jesus, has always been the center-piece within Catholic piety. Among other things, those devotions have focused upon various Marian shrines, places where Mary allegedly appeared, Lourdes, Fatima, Guadalupe, Medjugarie, among other places. … Continue reading →

http://ronrolheiser.com/ About one year ago, I wrote a column on suicide. Among other things, I suggested there that suicide is the most misunderstood of all deaths. Given the positive response to that piece, I would like take things a bit … Continue reading →

Fidelity – Our Greatest Gift to Others http://ronrolheiser.com FEBRUARY 8, 2009 After the funeral of Martin Luther King, one of the newsmen covering the event stopped to talk to an old man standing at the edges of the cemetery. The … Continue reading →

Christ and Nature For example, the Epistle to the Colossians (1, 15-20) says that Christ was already a vital force inside the original creation (“that all things were made through him”) and that Christ is also the end point to … Continue reading →

http://ronrolheiser.com/ Someone once said that the law of gravity and the law of love ultimately have the same source and are both driven by the same spirit, the Holy Spirit. Would that we realized the truth of that! If we … Continue reading →

NOVEMBER 29, 2009 http://ronrolheiser.com/ There are several places in the gospels where Jesus assures us that if we ask for something in his name we are guaranteed to receive it. In Matthew’s gospel, for example, he says: Ask and you shall … Continue reading →