It may be an old favorite, but we’re not supposed to like the story of the Good Samaritan.
It may be an old favorite, but we’re not supposed to like the story of the Good Samaritan.
Whether by terrorist attack, through prejudice and discrimination against a minority group, in our political campaigns, or in our personal relationships, the violence and mistreatment we perpetuate on each other arise first from the inner violence that poisons and fragments the human heart. We need a change of heart. We need a heart at peace.
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…
The sudden transformation of others can be frightening to us. What happens when we listen to that fear, and bring it before God?
Trinity Sunday invites us into reimagining God as The Divine Dance.
In the Spirit , God joins us in the uncontrollable parts of our lives to both comfort and transform us.
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…
This morning Zack dives into the way in which Jesus provides a foundation for us as we enter new seasons of life, and how Saint Paul’s has become the home for so many as they navigate their new seasons.
On the eve of his crucifixion, Jesus gives his disciples one final commandment, love as I have loved you.
Who are these multitudes surrounding us on all sides? These are the saints — past, present, and future — unbounded by time or space. We call them the “communion of saints,” and you know some of them personally.