by Communications Office | Apr 7, 2018 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
Readings: Acts 4:32-35; Psalm 118; 1 John 5:1-6; John 20:19-31 Thomas has gotten a pretty bad rap over the centuries, but I for one can empathize with him. I don’t appreciate anyone who I think is trying to “con” me. What I know, I know from my experience, and I trust...
by Communications Office | Mar 31, 2018 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
Readings: Acts 10:34, 37-43; Psalm 118; Colossians 3:1-4 or 1 Corinthians 5:6B-8; John 20:1-9 or Mark 16:1-7 On the Friday we call “Good,” Jesus was delivered, entregada. In anguish, he cried out to the One who seemed silent: It is finished…. Father, into your hands I...
by Communications Office | Mar 30, 2018 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
Readings: Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Psalm 31; Hebrews 4:14-16, 5:7-9; John 18:1-19:42 We belong, you and I, to Sunday’s fickle crowd and their waving palms. We belong in the company of Judas who sold his friend for silver, because he was disillusioned with a Messiah who...
by Communications Office | Mar 29, 2018 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
Readings: Exodus 12:1-8,11-14; Psalm 116; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; John 13:1-15 This day, rich with symbols, with emotions, with touch, is almost too much to take in at once. Experience the touch of hands at the table, giving and receiving unleavened bread, handing...
by Communications Office | Mar 24, 2018 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
Readings: Isaiah 50:4-7; Psalm 22; Philippians 2:6-11; Mark 14:1-15:47 This solemn, holy week – we know well the story it tells, how it begins, how it ends – and how it begins again. Sunday’s script unrolls: a green sea of palms, frenzied cries and cheers riding...
by Communications Office | Mar 17, 2018 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
Readings: Jeremiah 31: 31-34; Psalm 51; Hebrews 5: 7-9; John 12: 20-33 Today’s scripture bids us to open our ears and listen with our hearts, for it is Yahweh who speaks, “See the days are coming when I will make a covenant with the House of Israel.” So be comforted...
