A crucified God is not the status quo, and it is isn’t made into the acceptable, the intellectually palatable, by the proclamation of the resurrection.
Scripture
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Jesus as stain remover: Second Monday of Advent
All of us have interior afflictions that paralyze us, like the unnamed ailment that ravaged the man in Luke’s Gospel and left him motionless on a stretcher.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Coattails: Dec. 4, Second Sunday of Advent
Complacency is an occupational hazard of participating in a two-thousand year old belief system.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
God loves us like sheep—even when we feel we are without a shepherd
First Saturday of Advent
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
More than a set of actions, prayer is a state of being.
Dec. 2, First Friday of Advent.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Hear, Hear!: Dec. 1, First Thursday of Advent
If we are honest, to hear is to disobey, particularly if God’s words do not comport with our own plans.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
Keeping Time: Nov. 27, First Sunday of Advent
None of us truly understands what it means that “the Son of Man will come.”
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
The Un-Selfie: Nov. 28, First Monday of Advent
The more we turn the camera on ourselves, the less likely we are to direct our attention to God.
Posted inFaith, La Palabra
No es suficiente que Cristo se haga presente entre nosotros en la Palabra y la Eucaristía. Hace falta que sea aceptado y pueda transformar todas las cosas.
De poco sirve recordar la encarnación de Cristo si no nos impulsa a preparar su venida gloriosa. Usamos la Navidad para grandes fiestas. Ahora, ¿hasta qué punto nos inspiran éstas a transformar el mundo y preparar los caminos del Señor?
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
How does Pope Francis write his homilies? No surprise, he starts with listening.
Pope Francis: “If you do not listen to people, how can you preach?”