Father Ron Rolheiser

Gloria Steinem once confessed that, while never having been overweight, she has always been concerned about her weight because the genes she inherited from her parents predisposed her in that direction. So, she says, “I think of myself as a fat woman who is slim at the moment.” Her comment helped me to understand something I misunderstood years before in a classroom.

Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. We know this works for love. Does it also work for hatred? Can someone’s hatred follow us, even into eternity?

Gloria Steinem once confessed that, while never having been overweight, she has always been concerned about her weight because the genes she inherited from her parents predisposed her in that direction.

It is not enough today to be merely a saint; we must have a saintliness demanded by the present moment.

Imagine a young couple intoxicated with each other in the early stages of love.