Friendship – Apr. 10, 2019
“Perhaps our most common experience of priesthood—and often our most powerful one—is found in friendship. In friendship, desire and opportunity combine to allow us the truest knowledge of another person we are ever likely to get. In old friends we can see the flaws as well as the good points… accept that they, like us, […]
The Priestly Role – Apr. 9, 2019
“To become a true priest of the Life-giving Holy requires a certain loving detachment. We have to enter the border country and live among its secrets without having our eye fixed too much on how we can make use of them. We are there for love and communion and enjoyment, not for use. We must […]
Waking Up! – Apr. 8, 2019
Kayla McClurg’s gospel reflection for April 7 describes meeting Jesus at the intersection of life and death, hope and despair. To encourage your further reflection on that intersection, we turn to L. William Countryman’s book, Living on the Border of the Holy: Renewing the Priesthood of All (Morehouse Publishing, 1999). “It can be helpful to […]
Loving – Apr. 5, 2019
Nothing is more practicalthan finding God,that is,than falling in love in a quiteabsolute, final way.What you are in love with,what seizes your imagination,will affect everything.It will decide what will get you out of bedin the morning,what you will do with your evenings,how you will spend your weekends,what you read,who you know,what breaks your heart,and what […]