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On the feasts of All Saints, we are poised to give thanks for the lives of holy ones who have gone before us—the patterns that make sense for having seen them in context. Just as important, and perhaps more consoling, is the time and space offered for All Souls, the lesser-known, those whose lives and witness may have been obscure, shorter than expected, ordinary, whose underpinnings have yet to be exposed to the Light and celebrated for the grace emulating therein.
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As the finality of 2020 begins to come into focus, I have been fixating on thresholds; the boundaries that help us to define one thing from another. On some level, I think we are all fixating on the need to step over this particular pandemic threshold and into whatever comes after it. As it happens […]
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Happy New Year! I hope this finds you adjusting to writing 20 instead of 19—or 2020 as my oldest warned me, so that time travelers do not come in and try to re-write history by post-dating my entries. Food for thought, anyway. It seems books are the way that I often choose to get my […]
Read MoreIf you like to use music in prayer, I might suggest Song of the Body of Christ as a beautiful reflection about solidarity. Questions for reflection: -What circumstances came up for you in the past weeks where you had the opportunity to live out this call to solidarity, or were presented with the choice to do so? […]
Read MoreOpening Reflection If you like to use music in prayer, listen to Sarah Hart’s In the House that Love is Building, which gives voice to the active role that God has in our lives, and the call each of us has to be proactive in cultivating the Reign of God on earth. Opening Prayer Loving God, there […]
Read MoreOpening Reflection If you like to use music in prayer, listen to Michael Joncas’ We Come to Your Feast, which offers a beautiful reminder that our charisms are uniquely gifted to us and that they have been given to share; an invitation to participate in God’s own creative and generous Spirit. Prayer Author of Creation, You lovingly […]
Read MoreOpening Prayer If you like to use music in prayer, listen to Lauren Daigle’s I Will Rescue You, particularly for times when we have been vulnerable, embracing God’s infinite tenderness for each of us who find ourselves still in that place of deep vulnerability and unknown. Gracious God, in Jesus you embody such deep humility. You […]
Read MoreIf you like to use music in prayer, I might suggest this song as a beautiful meditation God’s lavish hospitality. A Place at Your Table by Ben Walther The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If someone who […]
Read MoreOpening Prayer: If you like to use music in prayer, I might suggest either song as a meditation on recognizing the needs of our brothers and sisters as human rights, as well as the active role we need to take in bringing that about in the Kingdom on Earth: (Throwback) What if Jesus Came Back Like […]
Read MoreOpening Prayer If you like to use music in prayer, U2’s One might be an interesting spin on a musical reflection on the call to community, family & participation. Loving God, you have set before us the greatest commandment which is to ‘love God with our heart, soul and mind, while loving our neighbor as ourselves.’ In […]
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