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What (or Was It Who) Spoke to You in Holy Week?
We in the Church say a lot of words during Holy Week. Two long Passion stories are read, one on Palm Sunday and the other on Good Friday. A dozen or so psalms are read during Tenebrae, in addition to … Continue reading
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Question of the Week: “Stay here with me”—How?
The gospels of Matthew and Mark tell us that Jesus requested his disciples to watch and pray during his agony in the garden. In a variety of ways the Church endeavors to keep that request during Holy Week, sometimes providing … Continue reading
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Question of the Week: What has your baptism to do with Easter?
There was once a day, long years ago, when, for example, in Rome, one could come to the Christian assembly on Easter Day and assume that everyone there was mindful that it was the liturgical anniversary of their baptism. Baptisms, … Continue reading
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Which Practice Do You Practice?
Lent, we are reminded on Ash Wednesday in the Call to a Holy Lent, is a season of penitence and fasting. The Book of Common Prayer enjoins us to observe it by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial; … Continue reading
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Art Reflection: Presentation of Christ
Simeon’s Song of Praise by Aert de Gelder, 1700 Today we remember Christ’s presentation in the temple, told in Luke 2:29-32. In this image, we see Simeon, holding Jesus, with a woman (perhaps Mary) and a man in shadow; the … Continue reading
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Advent Meditation for Friday, December 23: O Emmanuel
Community Humans live in groups, and honesty and candor are essential both to the health of the community and the individuals in it. What would happen if our public discourse took into account that we are all members of a … Continue reading
Advent Meditation for Thursday, December 22: O Rex Gentium
Guests We are all guests in the world, and all equally present in time. The most artificial distinction of all is the distinction between oneself and others. For practical purposes we make that distinction all the time. I am I; … Continue reading
Advent Meditation for Wednesday, December 21: Feast of St. Thomas, Apostle; O Oriens
Worship The heart of worship is thanksgiving. It is not an accident that eucharist means thanksgiving. There are other things that worship typically includes: confession, adoration, supplication. But giving thanks is central. We can go nowhere where God is not. … Continue reading
Advent Meditation for Tuesday, December 20: O Clavis David
Meals What might happen if every meal we ate consciously as if it were a eucharist? A trait that runs in my family is grazing. My mother grazed, frequently stopping by the refrigerator or a cabinet to get a handful … Continue reading
Advent Meditation for Monday, December 19: O Radix Jesse; Feast of Lillian Thrasher, Missionary, 1961
Service Living life as if the pursuit of goods and recognition is its purpose destroys it. Perhaps the clearest call of the gospel beckons us to give ourselves in humble service to those in need, sickness, or some other adversity. … Continue reading
