Pope Francis on the Idolatry and Dictatorship of Limited Thought

It’s been a while since I’ve last posted here, my speaking  schedule has had me on the road and even out of the country to deliver an invited lecture in recent weeks — I’ll be in Washington, DC, tomorrow to speak at the Franciscan Mission Service annual banquet as well. This has made it difficult to keep up with posting here at  DatingGod.org , but I hope to be able to return to the new deg ree of regularity very soon.

For starters, I want to draw your attention to Pope Francis’s homily today. In his remarks, he reflected on the idolatry and dictatorship of closed minds and hearts. “This is the drama of the closed heart, the drama of the closed mind and when the heart is closed, this heart closes the mind , and when the heart and mind are closed there is no place for God.” 

He…