Triduum: Until he comes again

April 1, 2018

Movements shake things up!  One moment, everything feels stable, secure, predictable. Then suddenly the ground shifts, the earth shakes, and what appeared steady and familiar before now feels…different.  Movements shake […]

Palm/Passion Sunday: Hosanna!

March 25, 2018

How quickly the crowd gathered around Jesus as he entered Jerusalem and how quickly they dispersed as he was arrested, tried and crucified.  People were looking for a powerful figure […]

Lent 5: Purge me from my sin

March 18, 2018

Today we hear of the promise of a new covenant written not on stone but in our hearts.  We hear Jesus speaking of being lifted up from the earth, and […]

Lent 4: The LORD sent fiery serpents among the people

March 11, 2018

The story of the serpents in the wilderness is intriguing. The people of God had been rescued from slavery in Egypt and were making the long circuitous way to the […]

Lent 3: But we proclaim Christ crucified

March 4, 2018

Some things just don’t make much sense.  Water doesn’t become wine, bread and fish do not suddenly multiply, the lame do not jump up and walk.  And most certainly, dead […]

Lent 2: Take up their cross and follow me

February 25, 2018

“Jesus called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, ‘If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” […]

Lent 1: An appeal to God for a good conscience

February 18, 2018

In the midst of two stories we know so well, the story of Noah and the flood and the story of Jesus and his baptism we hear in the First […]

Ash Wednesday: Return to me with all your heart

January 25, 2018

We are created out of love and for love.  We walk the same earth and breathe the same air, and yet… We proclaim that it is God’s will that all […]

Go! for Lent: Matthew 26:36

March 23, 2016

Jesus covers a lot of ground in the gospels, but who determined where he went?  Matthew, the gospel writer, tells us that the infant Jesus was carried by Mary and […]

Go! for Lent: Mark 14:42

March 21, 2016

There is a common saying in Tamil (a South Indian language) that it is alright to pardon an enemy or an oppressor, but one should never forgive a betrayer. I […]