Wit & Wisdom Archives | Archdiocese of Baltimore

June 9, 2020

Invisible powers

Over the centuries, we humans have survived plagues and famines and natural disasters. I don’t pretend to know why God allows them, but I do know that as a human race we survive them.

Father Joseph BreighnerCommentary, Coronavirus, Wit & Wisdom

May 15, 2020

Belief and life

We do not live in a morally neutral universe. Good and evil, life and death, do contend with each other.

Father Joseph BreighnerCommentary, Wit & Wisdom

April 7, 2020

Close calls all around

There’s an old saying: “Life is fragile. Handle with prayer.” I’m blessed to be alive.

Father Joseph BreighnerCommentary, Wit & Wisdom

March 6, 2020

Limitless love

When we believe that we are made of the “stuff” of God, then we have the power to co-create our world again in God’s likeness. Our time is limited. Our love is not.

Father Joseph BreighnerCommentary, Wit & Wisdom

February 6, 2020

God, born in us

Salvation history is not just about what God did in the past, but what God wants to do through each one of us in the present.

Father Joseph BreighnerCommentary, Wit & Wisdom

January 5, 2020

Sense of worth

In lieu of resolutions, may I suggest we learn a formula: “The more inadequate we feel, the more anxious we will feel, and the more hostile we will behave.”

Father Joseph BreighnerCommentary, Wit & Wisdom

December 8, 2019

No sales pitch required

The world may or may not believe what we say. But the world will believe what we do. Do we live in such a way as to allow the God born once in a manger to live fully in us?

Father Joseph BreighnerAdvent, Commentary, Wit & Wisdom