“And we begin again. Year One for Daily Office, Eucharistic Lectionary C. And the external and internal fight between our reality and the secular world’s reality. Out there it is already Christmas, and two weeks before the Nativity of our Lord, they think they are counting the Twelve Days of Christmas.”
“Jesus is our true Teacher. We know that Jesus teaches us the commandments of the new covenant, in him, and through the Cross. But perhaps we sometimes overlook what a good teacher he was and is.”
“The power of Scripture is that it is not a theology text, but oral/aural pilgrimages all leading to the same place. And we are invited to pay attention, and imbed ourselves in the story.”
“Jesus is teasing, teaching the lessons of the Torah, to welcome the stranger, to feed the poor, be merciful to the disenfranchised, those who sit at the end of the table, if they are invited at all.”
“One thing about the entire twelfth chapter of Luke is that it is transparent. Jesus says what he means without any of the twisted logic and challenges to understanding.”
“Jesus was a rebel. That is that lens through which much modern theology has been based, especially the Liberation Theology that came out of Central America, and geo-political theology which situates the Gospels in their own time and society. “
“Nobody ever said the Way was easy or risk free. And nobody ever said that Jesus’ words were easy to understand without prayer and spirit driven discernment.”
“Teresa continued to write throughout her life. The Interior Castle describes the process of self denial necessary to place oneself entirely in the hands of God, step by step, until, by God’s will the penitent is brought into divine union.”
“I can also see those people crowded around Jesus and roaring with laughter, and going home to share these wonderful tales to those who were not there.”
“What makes Remigius interesting to me are the passages chosen to honor his feast day (Jer 10:1-11, Ps 135:13-22, 1 Jn 4:1-6, Jn 14:1-7). They all teach us not to make or worship idols, but worship the one God.”