St. Gregory of Nyssa and Peace Meditation one What is peace? This is the first in a series of reflections on St. Gregory of Nyssa’s meditation about peace. Jesus said that he did not come to bring peace but division. Yet in other places, Jesus says, “Peace I give to you” and “Blessed are the …
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So speak and so act as people who will be judged by the law of freedom. For the judgment is merciless to one who has not shown mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment. James 2:12-13 What is Divine Mercy? It is power reaching down to weakness, it is existence coming to bring life to nothingness, it is …
How can someone put the words Easter and penance together? Isn’t Lent all about sorrow and penance and Easter all about joy and freedom? Lent is a time of preparation. We prepare to celebrate Easter with joy. But while it seems like most of us are pretty good at coming up with ways to do …
What happened in the mind of Jesus’ friend that caused him to betray Jesus? He had an idea, an idea about what should happen and what Jesus should do. When it didn’t happen the way he wanted, his resentment poisoned his mind and heart. He couldn’t hear what Jesus was saying. Communication lines were broken. …
What if all the days of Lent had names instead of just a few? Let’s explore the days of Lent! See below this week’s posts to view the other weeks. Clean Wednesday Today is a good day to clean your hearts and homes to welcome Jesus. All the disciples wondered whether they could be the …
What if all the days of Lent had names instead of just a few? Let’s explore the days of Lent! See below this week’s posts to view the other weeks. Ephraim Saturday Perhaps I should have called this Unity Saturday since the readings are all about the mission of Jesus to gather all those who …
Separation Saturday Jesus came to bring all things back into unity. But we can resist this call by stubbornly clinging to what we think we know rather than working together to discover the Truth which is Jesus. Knowledge Friday There are different types of knowledge. A person could know many facts about another person without …
Squint Saturday There is not a commandment against squinting but spiritual squinting is very dangerous. What is it? It is when you take a sideways look at someone and compare yourself to them either by thinking that they are better than you (which expresses itself in envy, jealousy, and despair) or, as in today’s Gospel, …
Prodigal Saturday Today we can look at two prodigal characters and one who was not. Prodigal can mean either extremely wasteful or extremely generous. The younger son was extremely wasteful and his father was extremely generous. But the older son was neither. Therefore he could not pardon the excessive sin of his brother or understand …
