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Peace is one of the gifts of the season of Lent.
There are many indications in Mark's Gospel of an aspect of Jesus' personality: that he is eager for solitude and quiet.
Each of us is more than what we do. The same goes for Jesus.
The deacon preached on January 21. -- Can we appreciate the peace and calm arising from being freed from mental illness?
The touching call of Samuel gives all of us hope that we will hear the call of God, even if many times we mishear it.
Ephesians: The nations beyond the Chosen People inherit the Good News of Jesus' death and resurrection.
On the Fourth Sunday of Advent, I left the recording device behind, and when I remembered it, I said to myself that I would be mad to run home for it on this absolutely crazy weekend, with Christmas on Monday. -- We'd like to see around the bend, beyond our capacities. But we remember: "Lord, your words have been fulfilled."
We make many decisions about who we think is impressive and attractive. We might want to re-think our criteria.
I remember why December 3 did not get recorded. My recording device had a dead battery. -- Where are we to find comfort and joy?
"The least" is not Jesus' concept. It is something we have devised so we can tell ourselves to whom to pay attention. Jesus confounds our strategies.
I cannot recall why I did not record November 12. -- There is more to life than being industrious.
A focus on today's psalm, 131, about the peace which all profess to desire.
We must heed St. Paul's words: "Be transformed by the renewal of your mind."
Peter professes faith in Jesus ... having no idea what his adherence to Jesus will mean.
I cannot recall why I have no recording for August 13. -- I reflect on a discussion of the nature of interfaith friendship. These words seem quite prescient as we consider the agony in Gaza/West Bank and Israel.
We consider the feelings of Peter, James and John as they behold their Master transfigured.
It appears that I recorded myself twice this Sunday.
I regret that next Sunday's feast of the Transfiguration keeps us from hearing "What can separate us?" (Romans 8.) So I have included what we otherwise would have heard the following Sunday!
Do you often rebuke temerity? Are you frustrated by a lack of explanation of Jesus' parables? Why does prayer seem to be so much like groaning?
I was on vacation on July 9. -- We must open ourselves to the gift of insight, a way of seeing more deeply the meaning of life.
My best guess is that the deacon preached on June 25. -- A return to Romans 6 and the core teaching on baptism.
We read from Romans that our salvation is sheer gift.
Reflections on the Eucharist in light of the death of a man who built an altar.
It appears that I have copied over the Fifth Sunday of Easter and following so that they are lost. My apologies.
Even the First Letter of Peter contains imagery of sheep and shepherding.
The First Letter of Peter thinks about Jesus' death and resurrection as our "ransom" from eternal death.
We must take note of the First Letter of Peter, our second reading for the Sundays of Easter this year. There are many statements of encouragement which make us feel more alive.
