Greg Laugero 6/29/24 Greg Laugero 6/29/24

Mark 3:31-35: Who Is, Here Is

This essay reads Mark 3:31–35 as a decisive reconfiguration of belonging. Kinship is no longer anchored in blood, tradition, or continuity, but in presence and action—who is here, and what is done. Time is no longer something one inherits; it is something one inhabits. Ethical identity emerges not from origin, but from participation in a living moment.

Greg Laugero 12/10/23 Greg Laugero 12/10/23

Civitas Peregrina and Affirmation

Greg Laugero 10/27/23 Greg Laugero 10/27/23

Mercy without Recognition

Mercy is often framed as an extension of recognition: seeing oneself in the other. This essay pushes in the opposite direction. It explores mercy as an act that does not rely on identification or reciprocity, but on attentiveness to the moment at hand. Mercy here is not sentiment but temporal discipline—an ethical response that resists calculation, delay, and justification.

Greg Laugero 10/4/23 Greg Laugero 10/4/23

Luke 9:57-62: Roads, Renunciation and Following

Greg Laugero 9/17/23 Greg Laugero 9/17/23

Jesus and Pilate - Giorgio Agamben

The trial of Jesus was not a trial but a “handing over” as a form of giving up in the face of the “crossing of the temporal and the eternal that assumed the form of a trial.”

Greg Laugero 8/31/23 Greg Laugero 8/31/23

The Highest Poverty - Giorgio Agamben

The monastery perfected the structuring life through the rigorous measurement of time. This went well beyond simply organizing the day. How the monks spent their time became integral to their salvation, and a template for others.