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…
By entering the human history this way, God identified with the powerless, the oppressed, the poor and the homeless. Among them, God could do the divine new work.
By entering the human history this way, God identified with the powerless, the oppressed, the poor and the homeless. Among them, God could do the divine new work.
May our hearts, like Mary's, be open to the new birthing that this holy time of Advent, no matter how dark it is. May we know that God provides for us, walks with us, wonders with us, and waits to fill us with new hope and possibilities.
May our hearts, like Mary's, be open to the new birthing that this holy time of Advent, no matter how dark it is. May we know that God provides for us, walks with us, wonders with us, and waits to fill us with new hope and possibilities.
No matter what is going on around us, we are called to hold on to the joy of that vision Isaiah described. We are called to announce that that vision is being inaugurated on this earth, in this day and at this time.
No matter what is going on around us, we are called to hold on to the joy of that vision Isaiah described. We are called to announce that that vision is being inaugurated on this earth, in this day and at this time.
I have come to the conclusion that whenever I am presented with a new challenge, I want to ask “why me?” I need to change that and ask, “Why not me? “ So I ask you, “Why not you?”
I have come to the conclusion that whenever I am presented with a new challenge, I want to ask “why me?” I need to change that and ask, “Why not me? “ So I ask you, “Why not you?”
