Posts from 2024 (Page 4)
Let Yourself Be Touched By The Events Around You
With the recent passing of Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, we remember a life that was touched by the world and became a witness for peace and justice.
Blessed Are You Who Give Yourselves Over To God
In today's readings, the world is given a "sign" related to God's promises. We, too, are working to trust in God's promises in our lives.
Hope Is The Currency Of Easter People
As Easter people, we are called to embody a hope that may make us seem to appear as fools according to the world's values.
Christ is Risen. This changes everything
As Easter people we are called not only to celebrate that death does not have the final word in our life but act accordingly in the world.
A Holy Day Of Shattered Dreams
I often think of Holy Saturday as the feast day of broken dreams and broken hearts because we are asked to hold loss and uncertainty as we wait in the dark.
Surrender The Fear And Cultivate A Deep Trust
On Good Friday Jesus did not so much die for our sins as offer us a model of giving everything in the service of God's kin-dom.
A Tender, Humble And Embodied Teaching
On Holy Thursday, Jesus gathers with his friends and gives them a final lesson on being a servant in the world.
Our Brother Judas
It has been easy for the church to portray Judas as outsider and traitor. Yet seeing ourselves in him offers us deep spiritual insight.
Give Voice To What Hurts And Exhale
Like many people throughout history, Jesus is disappointed, betrayed and misunderstood by other people. We are often in the same boat.
Letting Ourselves Receive What Is Given
Jesus' friend, Mary, generously tends to Jesus. He takes in what she has to give with an open heart and receives her generosity.
Another World Is Happening
Jesus' Palm Sunday parade offered the world an alternative to the dominator model. It is now on us to make sure that parade continues.
They Will Take Away Our Land And Nation
The fear of Roman retaliation drove some of the religious authorities of Jesus' day to turn against him. This same dynamic continues to play out in our world.