Reflection Starter from Fr. Michael Maher, S.J.

"There are no easy answers to facing the issues that press upon us and I am not a friend to simplistic slogans, except the ones my father told me (after all, it is Father’s Day). Here is one piece of advice he and countless other fathers gave their children when they got to an intersection: stop, look, and listen. So often, crises push us quickly and force immediate reactions. As we stand before the confusion of traffic that recent events have placed us, we can recall the advice of our dads in that we move forward after stopping, observing and listening." - Father Michael Maher, S.J.