SERMONS FOR LENT AND EASTER (SUNDAYS IN ORDINARY TIME)
A student, evaluating another student's sermon, said, "You talked a lot about God, but I haven't the foggiest notion of what you mean by the word "God!"1 There is honesty in that reaction, an honesty of which many of us are afraid. Yet it is healthier than the ever-popular, cozy familiarity with the Almighty - that kind of familiarity through which God becomes my buddy with whom I have groovy experiences. This is one reason there isn't much difference in our attitude when going to church, or to a movie, or to a lecture. We chit-chat before and after.
