journal and reflections
a collection of stories, verse, and personal reflectionsGod is present
God cannot be found by weighing the present against the future or the past but only by sinking into the heart of the present as it is. Thomas Merton, OCSO
Leaving the tomb…
As we leave the tombs of quarantine, a return to normal would be a disaster unless we recognize that we are going back to a world desperately in need of healing. For me, the source of that healing is an empty tomb in Jerusalem. The work that Jesus left his...
Heartfulness
Nothing is more beautiful than the uniqueness that God has created ... You don't have to create the beauty -- you've got the beauty. You don't have to create the freedom -- you've got it. You don't have to create the image of God in you -- you have it. You don't...
The Tomb is Empty
There is no one there. There is nothing there but a burial shroud rolled up in a corner. It is the one thing most everyone agrees on - the body of Jesus was gone. The tomb was empty. Some see a conspiracy, that his corpse was taken and hid, for whatever purpose...
The Lord’s descent into hell
What is happening? Today there is a great silence over the earth, a great silence, and stillness, a great silence because the King sleeps; the earth was in terror and was still, because God slept in the flesh and raised up those who were sleeping from the ages. God...
The Crucifixion – A Love Story
I have come to believe that the crucifixion did not kill Jesus. Crucifixion is merely the external force and circumstance of his death. At a deeper level the cross points to the intense relationship between love and death. Love is the ultimate cause of Jesus’...
Holy Thursday
This Holy Week I am please to share with you a few homilies/reflections by Fr. Michael Marsh. I have never met Fr. Michael but over the years he has been a spiritual mentor for me, providing reflections that have truly touch my heart and brought me deeper into the...
A Holy Wednesday Homily – Matthew 26:14-25
He was the one they had waited for. They had grown up hearing stories of his coming. Then one day he showed up and chose them to be his friends and students, to follow and learn. He took them new places. He taught them new ideas and ways of living. He revealed God...
A Holy Tuesday Homily – John 13:21-33, 36-38
It is the last supper. Jesus is troubled in spirit. He has washed their feet. Everyone’s, including Judas’. “Very truly, I tell you, one of you will betray me,” says Jesus. We hear those words and look at Judas. The disciples heard those words and “looked at one...
A Holy Monday Homily – John 12:1-11
“Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?” Regardless of Judas’ motives or what he would have done with the money he asks a reasonable question. A pound of perfume worth three hundred denarii. That’s a year’s worth of...
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