How then, do we heal? What do we do with the wounds? In our Eucharistic Prayer C we proclaim together, “By his wounds, we are healed.” Jesus appeared to the disciples in the Upper Room with his wounds saying, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” God has sent Jesus to them—to us—with his wounds in the ongoingness of life after trauma and death.… Read More
Can we, with the women, hear the voice of the messenger who simply proclaims, “Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised.”… Read More
All of which brings me to the book of Numbers, fourth book in the Old Testament, not your typical Bible hotspot. Now we’re here with serpents in the wilderness and being bitten, people dying, in an exodus from slavery. We are present in the company of Moses: “So Moses made a serpent of bronze, and put it on a pole, and whenever a serpent bit someone, that person would look at the serpent of bronze and live.” What an amazing story. Where did that come from?… Read More
Too often it seems like we are living in the “in between” times. We can’t go back to the way things were, yet we live in both hope and fear … Read More
The Bishop’s visit with receptions and confirmation was truly a celebration! You can listen to the Bishop’s sermon (again and again) through our Facebook page, under videos (sermon begins around … Read More
This is a story about a storyteller, his back-story, and the story he has to tell. Here in the bulletin, you see a photo of a statue of Luke done … Read More
Most of us have heard of the Doomsday Clock, started in 1947 by a group of scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project, which had developed the atomic bomb at … Read More
This past week much attention has been paid to the death of Queen Elizabeth and to her extraordinarily long rule, characterized by duty, faithfulness and sacrifice. It is right and … Read More
How many families have been torn apart in the fight over distribution of an inheritance? I went to check and there are entire websites dedicated to massive inheritance battles over … Read More