by Communications Director | Jan 27, 2019 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
“Caring for the Body” Readings: Nehemiah 8:2–10 (selections); Psalm 19 (selections); 1 Cor 12:12–30; Luke 1:1–4 and 4:14–21 The idea of the human body serving as a metaphor for the human community is hardly a new one. Even at the time St. Paul was writing to the...
by Communications Director | Jan 12, 2019 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
Readings: Isaiah 42:1–4, 6–7; Psalm104; Acts 10:34–38; Luke 3:15–16, 21–22 We are thirteen days into this New Year. The Christmas celebrations have officially ended. The gifts have been given and in some cases returned. The Christmas trees have been taken down...
by Communications Director | Jan 5, 2019 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
Readings: Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72; Ephesians 3:2-3A, 5-6; Matthew 2:1-12 A thousand pin pricks of light illuminate the deep desert sky, but the Magi see only one. A maverick star appearing from far beyond the edge of the known calls to them. Pay attention, it seems to...
by Communications Director | Dec 31, 2018 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
The scene: a group of people gathered at a crossroads. Under the impact of forces beyond their control, they are pushed to make a choice that none of them really wants to make. The choice means that they must undertake a difficult journey and leave behind their home,...
by Communications Director | Dec 22, 2018 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
READINGS: Micah 5:1–4a; Ps.80: 2-3, 15–16, 18–19; Hebrews 10: 5-10; Luke 1: 39–45 “Make us turn to you. Let us see your Face.” “Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste.” Somehow Miryam of Nazareth has been imaged as a very young woman alone and hurrying...
by Communications Director | Dec 15, 2018 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
READINGS: Zephaniah 3:14-18a; Isaiah 12:2-6; Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:10-18 Shout for joy, O Daughter Zion! Fear not, be not discouraged! Your kindness should be known to all; have no anxiety at all. When fear overrides our good fortune, and terror by night and by...
