Chaos or Community? – Jan. 18, 2021
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.” -Martin Luther King, Jr., Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 1964
Spiritual Significance – Dec. 3, 2020
“At the center of our faith, material reality is imbued with spiritual significance and power. Bread from the fields, and fruit of the vine, which human hands have made. Water in a baptismal incarnation, where eternal word is united with human flesh. Then we wonder, if some water can be holy, maybe all is. If […]
The Chance to Say “Yes” – Jan. 17, 2020
“The unfathomable mystery of God is that God is a Lover who wants to be loved. God not only says, “You are my beloved.” God also asks: “Do you love me?” That is the spiritual life: the chance to say “Yes” to our inner truth. And at every point of the journey there is the […]
The Road to Transformation – Dec. 9, 2019
The quotes this week come from Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps. Franciscan priest Richard Rohr lifts up the gospel values and transformative wisdom in the 12 Step program of Alcoholics Anonymous. As the season of Advent calls us to “prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths,” I find here […]
