journal and reflections

Pack nothing. Bring only your determination to serve and your willingness to be free. Don't wait for the bread to rise. Take nourishment for the journey, but eat standing, be ready to move at a moment's notice. Do not hesitate to leave your old ways behind — fear,...

Here is a short, yet important, essay from Sr. Joan Chittister on the role of women in society, both in the time of Jesus and today. _____________________________________ Of all the segments of the Creed that touch the lives of people, the integrity of the Church,...

At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by sin and by illusion, a point of pure truth, a point or spark which belongs entirely to God, which is never at our disposal, from which God disposes of our lives, which is inaccessible to the...

Alleluia, Christ is risen!! Death could not hold the author of life. The light of the world could not be extinguished. In him, we see the hope of eternity.   The resurrection is not something that happened just once, long ago. God is constantly bringing new life...

The passion is really the mystery of all mysteries, the heart of the Christian faith experience. By the word “passion” here we mean the events which end Jesus’s earthly life: his betrayal, trial, execution on a cross, and death.…   So much bad, manipulative,...

As we enter into this Holy Week and Triduum. here is a great reflection on faith from Fr. Richard Rohr, _________________________________________ Jesus said, “No sign will be given except the sign of Jonah.” —Matthew 12:39  This strong one-liner of Jesus feels...

Before being born into the world of time, The silence of pre-existence was all absorbing. The transition from eternity to time Is full of sufferings, fears, and little deaths. But, in the transition from death To eternal life, The silence of pre-existence Bursts...

As always, here is a great reflection on the image of God from Joan Chittister, OSB.  ______________________________________________________ If Scripture means what Scripture says, then humanity is nature alive with the energy of God. The concept charges our ideas...

In the Lord’s prayer, we ask, “Lead us not into temptation,” but that is precisely where the Holy Spirit leads Jesus after his baptism. After a mystical experience of God’s favor, being called the beloved of God, Jesus finds himself famished in the wilderness. This...