“Serving at the food bank or homeless shelter is a great thing to do when feeling a bit depressed or unloved. It gets us out of ourselves and gives us an experience of being of help in a very needy, divisive world.”
“Perhaps Jesus is like the aperture in a camera obscura. He is the opening between two worlds and two truths. He shows us things that are outside our perception, things which we have walled ourselves off from. He is the means through which we can see that which is eternal.”
“Wherever we go, be with us, Lord. Open our eyes to the beauty of your creation, teach us to marvel at the cricket’s nighttime music, and the hummingbird’s beating wings. In airports, along state highways, or high above the clouds, may our response be words of awe and praise: How marvelous is your creation, Lord.”
“We live in a world of complex people in various stages of self-recognition before God, with all the sins of ego and envy and grasping for power that fight with the fruits of the Spirit within us. That’s the sad truth. Are we swimming in the current, the words of Jesus guiding us through the rapids and whirlpools, or are we being swept away by our needs, lack of faith, the secular world?”
Jesus and the Gerasene demoniac; its implications for our spiritual lives, and what conversations at home will be like based on these gospel themes.
In this op-ed, bishop John Taylor of Los Angeles reflects on current US policy towards Israel
After inviting a woman to serve and preach, a Mexican Roman Catholic priest was defrocked; but that was only the beginning of something new.
How do we hold onto the the power of Jesus’ promises for us in the face of fear and doubt?
In this episode, Luci and Jordan take on Baruch, including the letter of Jeremiah
As I age, I am beginning to realize that all I need to do is to take the next step. What makes it the “right” next step? It is the next one. The one that is available to me. The one which the cosmos seems to have placed below my foot just before it landed.