“As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way. A voice of one crying out in the desert: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.'”
Second Week of Advent 2020
Category Archives: Seasons of God
Living the Liturgy
Holding Fear and Confusion
“Grounding social action in contemplative consciousness is not a luxury for a few, but surely a cultural necessity…”
With Rising Fear, A Prayer:
“Lilies from last year, left to sit outside all winter, bloomed once again this Easter. May this be a token of encouragement for renewal in our lives and our world…”
Community in Solitude
“I see families huddled in hospital parking lots, unable to accompany their dying loved ones. They are the disciples who stood off and away, watching Jesus expire in agony. The nurses and doctors are the sacred women who stood vigil at the foot of the cross…”
Palm Sunday
“Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are unable to gather together this Holy Week. It is an invitation to celebrate and reflect in solitude. When the gift of solitude is fostered, the gift of community begins to emerge. We then become aware of our unity with the mystical Body of Christ, and a deep solidarity with the suffering of the world grows within us, and we become more empathetic and vulnerable in our encounters with others.”
Squinting into the Sunlight
“In uncertain times, (such as the pandemic through which our world is presently suffering), people of faith struggle with the question, ‘What is God doing in all of this?’”
Wells in the Wildnerness
“It’s at the desert well where humanity fills the human need of the divine and the divine meets the eternal need of the human. It’s a symbiotic and synergistic relationship…”
St. Patrick’s Day 2020
Listen to “Patrick’s Fire,” by Jeff Johnson and Brian Dunning from the album, “Patrick.”
The Beholding Eye
“To experience the presence of God burning in the heart of all creation, we often need this kind of spontaneity to awaken our inner sight to Christ in our midst: in the breaking of the bread, as the image of God within everyone we meet, and especially in those whom the world (and especially the church) have cast out…”
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