What’s So Ordinary About Ordinary Time?
As summer winds down and school years begin, we still find ourselves in Ordinary Time. Officially, Ordinary Time…
Prayer of Mixed Emotions after the Conviction of Derek Chauvin
Lord of Mixed Emotions, thank you for knowing. Thank you for knowing where we hurt, what we fear,…
Beyond thank you
What is it about the nature of human gratitude that propels us to make offerings and manifest our…
Lent’s inevitable disappointment and the constant turn to God
Praying with Fr. James’ Martin SJ’s Examen app recently, I heard the words, “Lent is drawing to a…
Groaning and gratitude
I am wide-awake in a dark hospital room. I survived a gruesome hiking accident that left me bloody…
Thanks for giving, not shopping
Happy Thanksgiving! During this time when we pause to give thanks in the USA, I take this Scripture…
For the good of the guild
In a few of the less-productive minutes of my day, I play an online Star Wars game on…
The joy of receiving
Jesus observed, “Without me you can do nothing.” Yet we act, for the most part, as though without…
Thanksgiving in the midst of this mess
“It’s getting ugly!” “Society is starting to collapse!” One might be tempted to scream and cry when the headlines…
Challenged to trust in Mystery
Yesterday I finished packing up my classroom. A somber weight pressed upon my shoulders as I cleaned out…
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