Spiritual Reflection

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  Reacting to criticism

  May 31, 2024

  Everything about Jesus suggests that Hume’s view is closer to the gospel than the other. When Jesus says, my flesh is food for the life of the world, he is telling us that the major task of the church is not to defend itself, to ensure its continuity, or to keep the world from grinding it up.

  
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  The dark night as impasse

  May 24, 2024

  God can flow into our lives pure and untainted when we are at an impasse and unable to substitute our vision for God’s vision

  
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  An invitation to a Liturgical Prayer

  May 17, 2024

  Everyone who is baptized as a Christian is baptized into the priesthood of Jesus Christ. The priesthood is given to all baptized Christians and is not just the prerogative and responsibility of those who are officially ordained for ministry, and with this comes an invitation to all adult Christians.

  
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  Who are our real faith companions?

  May 10, 2024

  We live according to the spirit of the flesh when we live in bitterness, judgment of our neighbor, factionalism, and non-forgiveness. When these things characterize our lives, we shouldn’t delude ourselves and think that we are living inside of the Holy Spirit.

  
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  Civility has left the building

  May 03, 2024

  We have broken faith with each other. Civility has left the building.

  
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  God’s exuberant energy

  Apr 26, 2024

  God is ineffable, that is the first truth that we hold about God. That means that God cannot be imagined or ever circumscribed in a concept.

  
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  Go crazy or turn holy

  Apr 19, 2024

  Go crazy or get holy! Richard Rohr offers us a third option, get bitter. He submits that once we get to a certain age, we have only three options left open to us: We can become a pathetic old fool; or we can become a bitter old fool; or we can become a holy old fool.

  
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  The Passion of Christ as Passivity

  Apr 04, 2024

  The passion of Jesus teaches us that, like Jesus, we give as much to others in our passivity as in our activities.

  
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  Practising the Way – Be with Jesus

  Mar 27, 2024

  I recently finished reading John Mark Comer’s new book Practising the Way – Be with Jesus; Become like him; Do as he did. By way of a recommendation, I offer a series of sound bytes from the book which I hope will give you a nice taste of both the language and substance of the book.

  
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  Forever ahead of our souls

  Mar 25, 2024

  Our souls eventually do catch up with us, but it would be good if we didn’t wait until we were in assisted living for this to happen.