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…
Jesus is saying it over and over again. Reminding us of the love God has for us.
Staying grounded in the reality of God’s of presence.
The Rev. Candy reflects that we need to be a community of love and belonging, that’s my paraphrase of Jesus’ desire to gather together Jerusalem’s children just like a hen gathers her brood under her wings.
Lent is a season that reminds us from whence we’ve come and where we are going. In the midst of it we breathe.
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…
Having enemies is part of being a human. Jesus offers a vision of how to live – and even thrive – with them.
Listen to Fr. George offer a new meaning of the word Blessed that we hear in the Beatitudes. Hear what the word meant in the language of Jesus. Do to technical difficulties, we were not able to record the full homily.
Fr. Javier reflects on how the prophet Isaiah and the apostles Peter and Paul discovered their vocation, and how we, too, might discover ours: “To find our purpose isn’t a single decision, but the work of a lifetime. And through that work, we are being saved—made into a people pulled from every tribe, tongue, and…