Cambridge MA I am just returned from Seoul South Korea where I spend the last 9 days I was there for the Second East-West Theological Forum hosted at Ewha Women s University This forum is intended to bring together Western and Korean theologians as colleagues for extended theological conversa

Cambridge MA Meeting Jesus on the edge of his religion that is - in the Gospel for the Third Sunday of Lent John 4 where Jesus meets a Samaritan woman at Jacob s well We find here wisdom on what to expect when we meet people of other faiths insights into who really gets to recognize Jesus Th

Cambridge MA In my previous blog I mentioned that in light of my series on Swami Prabhavananda on the Sermon on the Mount I welcomed a Hindu response from Pravrajika Vrajaprana I am delighted to be able to post now a second such response this one from Swami Tyagananda of the Vedanta Society i

Cambridge MA Readers may remember that in the season between Epiphany and Lent I offered a series of seven reflections on Swami Prabhavananda rsquo s Vedanta Hindu commentary on the Sermon on the Mount our Gospel text at Sunday Mass I did so because his comments are insightful and spiritual an

Cambridge MA It is sort of springtime in New England some sun rain snow flurries 30 degrees or 60 we are on spring break so as to watch Harvard lose in the NIT last night and it is a week into Lent Like many a reader of this blog I am sure I am still pondering how best to observe thes

Cambridge MA I at least was enthralled for the last six weeks by my series on Swami Prabhavananda on the Sermon on the Mount and so have not commented on other issues For the sake of catch-up I did want to make one comment now mdash on the extract from Pope Benedict rsquo s Holy Week from th

Cambridge MA Lent is upon us our Sunday readings from the Sermon on the Mount come to an end on March 6 and so we must take leave of our series on Swami Prabhavananda rsquo s Sermon on the Mount according to Vedanta Three passages from his commentary on Chapter 7 of Matthew of which we hear on

Cambridge MA Readers who have been patient enough to follow this blog series from the start one two three four five will not be surprised to learn that for Swami Prabhavananda in The Sermon on the Mount according to Vedanta has a straightforward reading of the first part of the Gospel for

Cambridge MA This Sunday rsquo s Gospel prompts two considerable reflections by Swami Prabhavananda the first regarding nonviolence which I treated in my last blog and the second regarding the command ldquo Be perfect therefore as your heavenly Father is perfect rdquo 5 48 As for this

Cambridge MA The Gospel for Sunday February 20 includes two famous and most challenging teachings of Jesus The first is ldquo You have heard that it was said lsquo An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth rsquo But I say to you Do not resist an evildoer But if anyone strikes you on the