Posted in Main, tagged bible, Mary, religion, scripture, spirituality on May 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today we celebrate the feast of the Visitation and I love Luke’s account, which says something both about the relationship of Mary and Jesus and the relationship between Mary and Elizabeth.
When the angel appears to Mary, one of the things the angel tells her is that her cousin Elizabeth, who was thought to be barren, has [...]
Posted in Main, tagged compassion, spirituality on May 30, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve been thinking about how people react to each other, prompted in part by Beth’s post on Mercy over on Journey and in part by some things I’ve experienced that came up as I was reflecting on her post. Often, when people do or say something hurtful to ourselves or to those we love, our first reaction is [...]
Posted in Main, tagged bible, desire, Jesus, scripture, spirituality on May 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Today’s Gospel is the story of blind Bartimaeus. Sitting by the roadside begging, when he hears that Jesus is passing by he begins to cry out to him. Despite the attempts by the people around to shut him up, he keeps crying out for Jesus, who calls for Bartimaeus to be brought t him. Jesus [...]
Posted in Poetry, tagged God, gratitude, Poetry, spirituality on May 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve written before about cultivating an attitude of gratitude; I truly believe the world would be a different place if, instead of people carrying a sense of entitlment to all they have, we appreciate everything we have as the gift it is from our loving God.
Part of gratitude is appreciating without clinging. I saw a [...]
Posted in Main, tagged Christianity, Eucharist, Jesus, pope, spirituality on May 27, 2008 | No Comments »
“Those who eat the Bread of Christ cannot remain indifferent before those who, even in our days, lack daily bread,” said Pope Benedict in his Corpus Christi greeting to those gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday (the English translation of which I read on Zenit yesterday), making reference to the “grave and growing problem” that so [...]
Posted in Main, tagged bible, detachment, discipleship, Jesus, scripture, spirituality on May 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Today’s Gospel reading is Mark’s account of the rich young man. He has faithfully observed all of the commandments as he understands them and wants to know what more he must do. Jesus tells him, “Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.” [...]
Posted in Main, tagged bible, Eucharist, Jesus, scripture, spirituality on May 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Today is the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, our celebration of the Eucharist and our public proclamation “that the sacrifice of Christ is for the salvation of the whole world.” (John Paul II)
“Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life…Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood [...]
Posted in Main, tagged community, prayer, scripture, spirituality on May 24, 2008 | No Comments »
We’ve been reading from the letter from St. James for the first reading at Mass this week. In today’s reading, the focus is on prayer. We are instructed not only to pray for ourselves, but to pray for each other. “Pray for one another, that you may be healed. The fervent prayer of a righteous [...]
Posted in Main, tagged discipleship, God, spirituality on May 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There is something reassuring about walking a well-travelled path that has already been blazed for us. About putting our feet where others have put theirs. We like knowing where we are going and how we are going to get there. (Especially those of us who like to be in control…an issue God and I have [...]
Posted in Main, tagged poverty, solidarity on May 22, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I’ve been spending some time the last several days mulling over two things that I heard or read about on Sunday. The first was a New York Time article that I blogged about here, talking about how much food is wasted in the United States and in countries like England. More than 25% of the [...]
