Being Saved
As more and more people in the US are vaccinated against the dreaded COVID-19 virus, the instructions keep changing about what we can and cannot do. Who is allowed to hug friends and family and who should wait? How many people can be in a room together? Do they have to wear masks? Who, if […]
The Beginning of the Story
“John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.”* This is how Mark begins his gospel, the “good news about Jesus.” Do you see it? The beginning of the story about Jesus isn’t about Jesus at all– it’s about John. According to Mark, Jesus’ story begins before […]
Silence as Practice – Oct. 22, 2020
“Our culture is so fearful of the silence of death that it worships nonstop noise—perhaps as a secular sign of “eternal life”! In the midst of all that noise, small silences can help us become more comfortable with the Great Silence toward which we are all headed. Small silences bring us “little deaths,” which, to […]
From the Prayer of Saint Francis – Apr. 7, 2020
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seekTo be consoled as to console,To be understood as to understand,To be loved as to love;For it is in giving that we receive;It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;It is in dying to self that we are born to eternal life. –St. Francis of […]
