Spiritual Reflection
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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.
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Ageing as a natural monastery
Mar 15, 2024
The process of aging is a natural monastery. If we live long enough, eventually the aging process turns everyone into a monk. Monks take four vows: poverty, chastity, obedience, and perseverance.
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Reindeer games
Mar 10, 2024
Admittedly, you do see hatred and violence even within these crowds because, a crowd by the very fact that it is a crowd, will invariably have its rogue elements.
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Praying the Psalms
Feb 23, 2024
To pray with full honesty is a challenge. Kathleen Norris puts it this way: If you pray regularly “there is no way you can do it right.



Sunday Reflection
Jesus calls us to be courageous and embrace risks
Reflecting on our Sunday Readings with Fr Andrew Kooi
