Pentecost: The Spirit That Sets Free
The Feast of Pentecost Readings: Acts 2:1-11 (RM) or 1-21 (RCL); Psalm 104; 1 Corinthians 12: 3b-7, 12-13 (RM) or 3b-13 (RCL); John 20: 19-23. There’s Pentecost and then there’s,…
Ascending into the Cosmos: Christ’s Presence Beyond Space and Time
Reflection for the Feast of the Ascension / Seventh Sunday of Easter A Ascension Sunday: Acts 1: 1-11; Psalm 47; Ephesians 1:17-23; Matthew 28:16-20 Seventh Sunday of Easter: Acts 1:6-14…
The Spirit of Truth
Reflection for the Sixth Sunday of Easter A Readings: Acts 8: 5-8, 14-17 (RM) or Acts 17: 22-31 (RCL); Psalm 66; 1 Peter 3: 15-18 (RM) or 13-22 (RCL); John…
Living Stones, Lifted Wings
Fifth Sunday of Easter A Readings: Acts 6:1-7 (RM) or Acts 7: 55-60 (RCL); Psalm 33 or 31; 1 Peter 2: 4-9 (RM) or 2-10 (RCL); John 14: 1-12 (RM)…
Beyond Clericalism: Following the Good Shepherd Together
Reflection for the Fourth Sunday of Easter A Readings: Acts 2: 14a, 36-41 (RM) or 2: 42-47 (RCL); Psalm 23; 1 Peter 2: 20b-25 (RM) or 19-25 (RCL); John 10:…
From Hope Lost to Hope Found
Reflection for the Third Sunday of Easter A Readings: Acts 2: 14, 22-33 (RM) or 2: 14a, 36-41(RCL); Psalm 16; 1 Peter 1: 17-21 (RM) or 17-23 (RCL); Luke 24:…
From Doubt to Trust
Reflection for the Second Sunday of Easter A Readings: Acts 2: 42-47 (RM) or 2: 14a, 22-32 (RCL); Psalm 118; 1 Peter 1: 3-9; John 20: 19-31. As I was…
From Darkness to Dawn
Reflection for Easter Sunday A Readings: Acts 10: 34a, 37-43 (RM) or 34-43 (RCL); Psalm 118; Colossians 3:1-4; John 20: 1-9 or Matthew 28:1-10 (RM in the U.S.), John 20:…
Zebedee By The Shore
“As he went from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he…
When Emptiness Becomes Grace
Reflection for Palm Sunday A Gospel of Palms: Matthew 21: 1-11; Isaiah 50:4-7 (RM) or 4-9a (RCL); Psalm 22 (RM) or 31 (RCL); Philippians 2: 6-11 (RM) or 5-11 (RCL);…