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Category: Spirituality
Tomorrow is Election Day
Yes, Tuesday, November 6th, is Election Day. No matter who is elected, we remember the words from Tuesday’s Responsorial Psalm (Psalm 22): All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Most High; All the families of the nations shall bow… Continue Reading “Tomorrow is Election Day”
Where Can We Find Peace?
Monday’s Responsorial Psalm (Psalm 131:1,2,3) leads us to peace. In you, O God, I have found my peace. O God, my heart is not proud, nor are my eyes haughty; I do not busy myself with great things, nor with things too sublime for… Continue Reading “Where Can We Find Peace?”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Geometry
Albert Einstein is quoted as saying, The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
What Is God’s Desire . . . My Desire?
Saturday’s Responsorial Psalm from Psalm 42 reminds us of our longing for God. And since we are made in the image and likeness of God, it also tells us of God’s longing for us. My soul is thirsting for the living God. As the… Continue Reading “What Is God’s Desire . . . My Desire?”
All Souls Day – A Feast of Hope
I love the second reading for this wonderful feast from Romans 5:5-11: Sisters and brothers, Hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. May our hope… Continue Reading “All Souls Day – A Feast of Hope”
Kindness . . . Foundational to All Spiritual Traditions
The Buddha sad, If you propose to speak, always ask yourself, is it true, is it necessary, is it kind. So very similar to Paul’s words in his letter to the Ephesians: Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in… Continue Reading “Kindness . . . Foundational to All Spiritual Traditions”
If You Were Healed of Blindness . . .
If you were healed of blindness, what would you be amazed by? We read in Sunday’s Gospel reading from Mark 10:46-52 As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging. On… Continue Reading “If You Were Healed of Blindness . . .”
Where Do You Find God?
In Saturday’s Responsorial Psalm (Psalm 122), the psalmist declares: I rejoiced because they said to me, ‘We will go up to the house of the Lord.’” We so readily recognize churches and cathedrals as houses of God. But where might we find God besides… Continue Reading “Where Do You Find God?”
The Earth, the Seas, the Rivers, the People . . . are God’s
Friday’s Responsorial Psalm is from Psalm 24. The Lord’s are the earth and its fullnes; the world and those who dwell in it. For God founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.
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