In this Lenten season we are invited to name what ails us, to look at the darkness and choose light; to look at violence and choose peace; to look at hatred and choose love.
In this Lenten season we are invited to name what ails us, to look at the darkness and choose light; to look at violence and choose peace; to look at hatred and choose love.
For Christians nonviolence is the attitude of one who is so convinced of God’s love and power that he or she is not afraid to tackle evil with weapons of love and truth.
For Christians nonviolence is the attitude of one who is so convinced of God’s love and power that he or she is not afraid to tackle evil with weapons of love and truth.
Lent is a time to enter the desert. To enter into a time of simplicity. Of paring down what we accumulate and what we want. And to rest in the truth that God will always provide exactly what we need.
Lent is a time to enter the desert. To enter into a time of simplicity. Of paring down what we accumulate and what we want. And to rest in the truth that God will always provide exactly what we need.
As we prepare ourselves for this Lenten journey, perhaps we can hold in tension the message of these readings and reflect upon how we might find greater authenticity in our lives so that, as Paul proclaims, we might give Glory to God in all that we are do…
As we prepare ourselves for this Lenten journey, perhaps we can hold in tension the message of these readings and reflect upon how we might find greater authenticity in our lives so that, as Paul proclaims, we might give Glory to God in all that we are do…
When we remember that each person is sacred... to be treated with reverence both in death and life then Easter is possible and peace and forgiveness are possible.
When we remember that each person is sacred... to be treated with reverence both in death and life then Easter is possible and peace and forgiveness are possible.
Let’s not simply be amazed. Let’s act also. What would it take? To really believe? To act? To ever more pattern your life on his life? To be the Good News – to all we meet.
Let’s not simply be amazed. Let’s act also. What would it take? To really believe? To act? To ever more pattern your life on his life? To be the Good News – to all we meet.
Can we trust that we are always known and loved and called? Can we open our ears to that call and respond honestly to God, ‘Speak. Your servant is listening.’?
Can we trust that we are always known and loved and called? Can we open our ears to that call and respond honestly to God, ‘Speak. Your servant is listening.’?
Like the three wise women of Maryknoll and the wise men in the gospel reading, each of us have our own star to follow that speaks of our calling to spread the Good News
Like the three wise women of Maryknoll and the wise men in the gospel reading, each of us have our own star to follow that speaks of our calling to spread the Good News
To share the faith of Mary and the shepherds is to be prophetic. It is to say: I have hope, and I believe in God's desire and ability to shine God’s face in every place.
To share the faith of Mary and the shepherds is to be prophetic. It is to say: I have hope, and I believe in God's desire and ability to shine God’s face in every place.
At the end of this joyous Christmas season we will return to our own towns, to the ordinary-ness of our daily routines and rituals…But perhaps in a new way the manifestation of the divine indwelling of a ‘sleeping child’ will bring us like Mary and Joseph to wonder and amazement at the gifts we have received…
At the end of this joyous Christmas season we will return to our own towns, to the ordinary-ness of our daily routines and rituals…But perhaps in a new way the manifestation of the divine indwelling of a ‘sleeping child’ will bring us like Mary and Joseph to wonder and amazement at the gifts we have received…
