Don’t Dive in Shallow Water
What, then can we say about the Assumption of Mary? It’s both a statement of faith in the Resurrection and a promise of our share in it. Continue Reading →
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Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Once that which was special ceases to be special, what’s left to focus on but the discordant and ugly? Those are the things our consciousness starts to focus on when the harmonious and beautiful has faded into the background. Continue Reading →
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
I’m certain that something happened on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. All four gospels record the event. Some scholars suggest that, when the bread and fish were distributed, people who had brought food with them took it out and began sharing it with others. In that case, it was a miracle of compassion and generosity. But, it doesn’t matter. Continue Reading →
Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ
If you’ve spent any time around the ocean, you’ll know that anything that hangs around in the water for very long sooner or later gets encrusted with barnacles: little sea creatures that build themselves tiny shell castles out of calcite. It’s not only the sea that does this: just about everything that hangs around long enough gathers accretions. Even people can become “moldy oldies.” Continue Reading →
The Baptism of the Lord
Today ends the liturgical season that began in December with the weeks of Advent. Over the past couple of months, we’ve been introduced to a number of themes that are very important for our spiritual lives. First, there’s the themes of advent itself: the coming of the Savior and our preparation for it. Remember that God always makes the first move. God’s coming into the world–into God’s creation and even that creation itself happens first. Our preparing ourselves to receive it is our response. But, without that preparation, we remain blind and deaf to God’s self-revelation. The second set of Continue Reading →