Mary at Peace – Apr. 10, 2023
What they felt then: is it notabove all other mysteries the sweetestand yet still earthly:when he, pale from the grave,his burdens laid down, went to her:risen in all places.Oh, first to her. How theyinexpressibly began to heal.Yes heal: that simple. They felt no needto touch each other strongly.He placed his hand, which nextwould be eternal, […]
Luminous Transformation
Transfiguration Sunday. Can it be that Lent is right on the horizon? The lectionary readings have so quickly, perhaps too quickly, punctuated the wondrous intensities of Advent, Jesus’ birth, early epiphanies and now transfiguration. Transfiguration is the stunning summit epiphany* before turning toward Calvary. It is a brief, loaded account, without equal. Jesus goes to a new […]
Everyone Yearns for a Call – Jan. 27, 2023
“Assume that everyone yearns. Scratch a person on the surface, even someone who is all crusted up in stale attitudes and ego entanglements, and you will find a soul beneath, one ready to grow, if only invited in a way that person can hear.” –John P. Schuster, Answering Your Call, p. 132
I Believe – Dec. 23, 2022
I believe for every drop of rain that fallsA flower growsI believe that somewhere in the darkest nightA candle glowsI believe for everyone that goes astraySomeone will come to show the wayI believeI believeI believe above the storm the smallest prayerWill still be heardI believe that someone in the great somewhereHears every wordEvery time I […]
