“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light.” This line from the words of Isaiah in our first reading has long been a personal favorite. As I reflected on today’s reading, though, I discovered the line that precedes it: “Anguish has taken wing, dispelled is darkness: for there is no gloom where [...]
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Hearing God’s Call
Posted in Gospels, Lectionary, discipleship on January 28, 2008 | No Comments »
On not being cosmic busybodies
Posted in Community, Gospels, Homilies, discipleship on November 19, 2007 | No Comments »
Our Gospel today is difficult. Often it’s read almost as a blueprint for the end of the world, a fortune-teller’s description of what will happen before the last days. Books like the Left Behind series spin this out into an elaborate fantasy of good and evil. Even more disturbing are those voices on talk radio [...]
Minding God’s Business
Posted in Homilies, Lectionary, Liturgy, Ordinary Time, discipleship on July 10, 2007 | 7 Comments »
The way the Sunday readings strike me often depends on what else I’m thinking about, and this week is no different. After spending some time Saturday reading around the blogosphere on the Motu Proprio, Paul’s letter to the Galatians made me think not of the circumcision controversy of his day, but of the liturgical issues [...]
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