journal and reflections

The feast of the Presentation of the Lord is always celebrated on February 2nd, 40 days after Christmas.  While Christmas may seem like a distant memory, this feast day asks us to take one last long look in our rearview mirror at the mystery of the Incarnation...

What we now call complexity, and recognize as doing its creative work on the very edge of chaos, is at the heart of this miraculous picture. There may not be an external Designer and a micro-managing Providence from the outside, but neither is the world devoid of...

Jesus is God-with-us, Emmanuel. The great mystery of God becoming human is God's desire to be loved by us. By becoming a vulnerable child, completely dependent on human care, God wants to take away all distance between the human and the divine. Who can be afraid of...

We awaken in Christ’s body, As Christ awakens our bodies There I look down and my poor hand is Christ, He enters my foot and is infinitely me. I move my hand and wonderfully My hand becomes Christ, Becomes all of Him. I move my foot and at once He appears in a...

It must have been astonishing, that first Incarnation, when the void exploded with Divine love creating the universe and the mysteries of the cosmos.  While we, of course, were not there to witness this first Incarnation, it is always right there in front of us to...

Lord God, in the deepest night there rises the star of morning,           of birth,                     the herald of a new day you are making, a day of great joy dawning           in yet faint shafts                     of light and love.   I hear whispers of...

Recently, I landed on a blog site and under the section of “More about me” the author wrote the following, “I use to want to change the world.  Now I would just like to leave the room with a little dignity.”  I’m sure all of us have daydreamed from time to time...

Advent does not lead to nervous tension stemming from expectation of something spectacular about to happen. On the contrary, it leads to a growing inner stillness and joy allowing me to realize that [the one] for whom I am waiting has already arrived and speaks to...

Jesus knew well the graphic story of Jonah the prophet who was running from God and was used by God almost in spite of himself. Jonah was swallowed by a whale and taken where he would rather not go. This was Jesus’ metaphor for death and rebirth. Rather than look...