These stories in which Jesus tells someone who is physically disabled that their sins are forgiven and then, as proof of that, heals them, are distressing. It seems to me that they reinforce in our minds the secret belief that people are somehow responsible for the harm that befalls them.
How might God be inviting you to kick off your shoes and socks and wiggle your toes in the squishy sand of the Real Presence?
Imaginary archeological discovery sheds new light on early Christianity.
by Linda Ryan Commemoration of Harriet Starr Cannon, Religious Esdras 2:15-24 There are a group of books in the middle of Episcopal Bibles (and
Welby says that he wants people to pray for “a renewal of expectancy in the abundancy and the overflowing of Christ in their lives together, so that people right across the country see who Jesus is and are drawn to faith in him.”
… take heart. Christ’s final promise caresses us, transforming the empty, leaden air. ”I am with you always,” he says, “to the end of the age.”
Who knows where the gospel will go, where it will take root and flourish? Yet we must be willing to proclaim it in our words and deeds just as the Sower scatters seed.
Uh-Oh… just about the time we are enjoying our Great Fifty days of Easter along comes a triduum of penance. How could that be? Well, chalk it up to a series of very unfortunate events in the 5th century and Charlemagne.
The Rev. James Martin remembers Daniel Berrigan: The great Daniel Berrigan, SJ, the Jesuit priest, activist, poet and peacemaker, died today at the Jesuit infirmary
There are people who are definitely in Christ. It shines out of them, this Christ-light, and it extends outward to a world that needs to see that light.