On the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Fr. Javier reflects on 2 Timothy and the laying on of hands: “we are all ordained into Christian ministry. You do not have to preach like Peter, you do not have to pray like Paul: the call isn’t just for the clergy. The call is for all of us.…
On the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Fr. Javier reflects on the Letter to the Hebrews and what it means to be a a part of the great cloud of witnesses: “when we come to this Table… we are not just celebrating our communion with the people that we already know and love, but declaring our…
On the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Fr. Javier reflects on the story of Mary and Martha: “Yes, there is work to do—but we are meant for so much more than that. We are meant to enjoy life and connection. We are meant for communion.”
On the Third Sunday after Pentecost, Fr. Javier reflects on the nature of transitions in leadership: “We are not here to change the course of history. We are simply here to do our part: making the world a little kinder, a little braver in the face of apathy, adversity, and despair. Allowing our tiny, gracious acts…
On the Seventh Sunday of Easter, Fr. Javier reflects on Jesus’ prayer in John 17: “Having loved his own, the gospel reads, he loved them to the end… Death, you see, is not the thing that propels Jesus forward. Violence is not the singularity that redeems his work—rather, it is love that redeems. It is love that…
On the Third Sunday of Easter, Fr. Javier reflects on the Apostle Peter’s lessons on leadership (John 21:1-19): “Start close in, my friends. Just take one step, and then another, and see what God can do with a willing heart and a helping hand.”
On Good Friday, Fr. Javier reflects on the meaning of Christ’s crucifixion: “The good news isn’t that we can somehow change the past, or that we can do something to earn our forgiveness. The good news is that we serve a God who chooses to love us anyhow.”
On the fifth Sunday in Lent, Fr. Javier reflects on Psalm 126 and the experience of exile: “We stand in the world as it is, hoping for the world as it should be. And the question before us—the people standing between the times—is simply this: will we succumb to inertia, apathy, and hopelessness, or will…
This Ash Wednesday, Fr. Javier reflects on the relationship between fasting and feasting during Lent—and the difference between guilt and shame as we practice repentance and self-examination.
This week, Fr. Javier reflects on the role of prayer in mountaintop (or canal-side) experiences: “As the old spiritual goes, you don’t have to preach like Peter; you don’t have to pray like Paul. You can simply create time and space for Jesus to show up in your life. And that, my friends, is good…