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Category: Speaking to the Soul

Sunday, July 3

July 3, 2011 No Comments

Put not your trust in rulers, nor in any child of earth, * for there is no help in them. When they breathe their last,

Saturday, July 2

July 2, 2011 No Comments

Now there was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, ‘Ananias.’ He answered, ‘Here I am, Lord.’ The

Friday, July 1

July 1, 2011 No Comments

“Deliver me, O LORD, from evildoers; protect me from the violent, Who devise evil in their hearts and stir up strife all day long.” Psalm

Thursday, July 30

June 30, 2011 No Comments

I will not allow my eyes to sleep, * nor let my eyelids slumber; Until I find a place for the LORD, * a dwelling

We celebrate two of our great founders today, Peter and Paul. The iconography of their friendship is an image of unity in diversity as well as a picture of reconciliation after conflict and, maybe, competition.

Psalms

June 28, 2011 No Comments

We begin today’s readings in Psalm 120, with the cry for deliverance “from lying lips and from the deceitful tongue. [From] the sharpened arrows of a warrior, along with hot glowing coals.”

Peter’s Failures

June 27, 2011 1 Comment

There is a temptation in failure to allow conscience and pride to turn a transient and momentary failure into something permanent and defining. Peter’s resilience is a model for us.

Sunday, June 26

June 26, 2011 No Comments

I called to God in my distress; * God answered by setting me free. Psalm 118:5 Looking for lost keys to locked doors, I did

Saturday, June 25

June 25, 2011 No Comments

While he was still speaking, suddenly a crowd came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to

Nativities

June 24, 2011 1 Comment

With the birth of a baby, hope springs anew. What shall this little one become? What shall he see? What will she do? What changes will come? Hope springs anew. We imagine possibilities; we prophecy.