The Roman Missal contains this prayer: O God, who gave one origin to all peoples and willed to gather from them one family for yourself,
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It’s a Cold, Hard Frost this Paschal Mystery
The night that begins Christ’s passion is a great time to kill Easter flowers.
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Toward a Minor Reform of Lent: Connecting Fasting with the Ethics of Food
I believe it is possible to reconfigure fasting rules so that they contribute to the amelioration of the food insecurity crisis.
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The Annunciation of the Lord: And Became Water?
But even more than God becoming human and 78% H2O as a newborn, the Incarnation is also about God becoming cosmic dust, and about God becoming genetic kin to all that is, since humans share with all that exists on planet earth a common genetic ancestry.
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Instead of going back, can we press forward?
GOSPEL COMMUNION: Annunciation
Commentary on the Psallite communion antiphon – an inspiring reflection on the liturgy of the coming Sunday and feast days.
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Ars praedicandi: Fifth Sunday of Lent Lent, Year B, Ed Foley
And Christians, planted deep in a baptismal pool where we rehearse transformation, we learn to germinate and we practice dying, so that not only we but others who have suffered through too many broken covenants, too much oppression, too much marginalization, can also find life in this world and the next.
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GOSPEL COMMUNION: 4th Sunday of Lent
Commentary on the Psallite communion antiphon – an inspiring reflection on the liturgy of the coming Sunday and feast days.
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Is Your Lent Half Full or Half Empty?
Does this feel like an ominous sign to you?
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GOSPEL COMMUNION: 3rd Sunday of Lent
Commentary on the Psallite communion antiphon – an inspiring reflection on the liturgy of the coming Sunday and feast days.
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Ars praedicandi: II Lent, Year B, Ed Foley
Transforming duty to care, obligation to commitment, legal requirements to love.
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