Despite the warnings that storms will besiege the faithful, and even in our own times there are many temptations and dangers along the way, Jesus promises that in the tempests of life, we are not to be fearful and to remember that we do not face these challenges alone. God is with us … [To read more, click on title]
Category Archives: Reflections
Healed? No? Then …
There is a difficult tension in today’s readings for me … On one hand we have in Matthew Jesus’s command to his disciples to go out into all the villages of Judea and heal the sick, raise the dead, set the demonic free and proclaim that ‘the kingdom of heaven is near.’ A powerful story of Christ’s authority and power over all that ails us in this life. Whereas … [To read more, click on title]
The Mystery of the Trinity
From the earliest centuries of the church, the triune being of God has been recognized as a mystery that we cannot fully comprehend. We should acknowledge that intellectual and spiritual humility are called for whenever we think about God – there is a great risk of projecting onto God what we wish God might be like … [To read more, click on the title]
The More of Pentecost
Pentecost is the culmination of the Christian season of Easter, but was originally a Jewish festival … which is why the Jewish followers of Jesus were gathered together in Jerusalem for its religious observance. Still recovering from their grief at the crucifixion, joy at the resurrection, and confusion at Jesus’s brief stay with them prior to ‘the ascension’, … the disciples got ‘the more’ of Pentecost surely! And it was much more than just a babble of words … [To read more, click on title]
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