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Peace on the Palms

April 5, 2020 “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; My peace is not like the world’s kind of peace. Don’t let your heart be troubled, and don’t be afraid.” John 14:27 On Sunday I wrote about walking in the sacred serenity of God’s open space surrounded by breathtaking views and…

Creation’s Cathedral

“Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty; the WHOLE EARTH is full of His glory”. Isaiah 6:3 Today I worshipped in The Cathedral of Creation. It is the first one ever built by the Master Architect; God. St. Francis once said that nature was the first bible ever written, which makes the case for…

Praying and Prayerfulness

“Do not pray like the hypocrites, standing on street corners to be seen by others. . . when you pray go into your room and close the door and pray to your Father in secret.” Jesus the Christ Some of the worst prayers I’ve heard have been made in church, or church gatherings. Admittedly at…

The Purification of Mary, Women and Many Others.

Feb. 2, 2020 “When the time came for her purification according to the law of Moses . . .” Luke 2:22 “There is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:28 “Again a voice from heaven answered a second time, ‘What God has cleansed no longer consider unholy.” Acts…

Lonely but not Really Alone

“It is not good for people to be alone”. Genesis 2:18 “I am with you always . . .” Jesus “All the lonely people, where do they all come from?” The Beatles Eleanor Rigby and Father McKenzie were lonely. And alone. So is most everyone at some time, maybe many times in our lives. Are…

Fear, Friends and Light

“Fear Not . . . “ “You have not received the bondage again to fear . . .” Romans 8 “The true Light, which gives light to everyone, has come into the world.” John 1 Christmas is long since over. Nonetheless my trees are still up. And a gift arrived in the mail this past…

Fear, Friends and Light

“Fear Not . . . “ “You have not received the bondage again to fear . . .” Romans 8 “The true Light, which gives light to everyone, has come into the world.” John 1 Christmas is long since over. Nonetheless my trees are still up. And a gift arrived in the mail this past…

Out of Egypt Have I Called My Child

January 12, 2020 “Children are a heritage from the Lord . . . happy is the man who has a quiver full of them.” Psalm 127 “And a sword shall pierce your soul” Simeon’s words to Mary at the baptism of Jesus. Two events prompted the theme of this blog for today. One was a…

“What About Going to Church?”

Luke 2:40-52 “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s House?” The assigned Gospel Lesson for this first Sunday of the New Year is about Jesus going to the Temple in Jerusalem. It struck me . . . as going to “Church” (By “Church” I mean the building where there is a formal…

Meeting Theresa Part 2

I didn’t doubt that “Theresa” was the name that she had taken in order to make interaction with others easier, rather I wondered if that was the name that she had been given. There’s a difference. St. Paul says that the name Jesus is the name that is “above every name”. Yet it was a…