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Pentecost Sunday

May 27, 2012

         

The second reading for Pentecost Sunday is so important for our spiritual discernment that I want to reprint some of it for our continued reflection—you might want to stick this on the refrigerator! (Galatians 5: 16-25—Jerusalem Bible):

 

“If you are guided by the Spirit,...

 

Squeaky Shoes

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Ascension Sunday, 2012

 

Men of Galilee, why are you standing there, looking up into the sky?

                                                            Acts 1:11

 

Seeing things in our lives beyond the three dimensions that are natural to us takes practice—and grace. When I was in the seminary we were periodically...

 

To Bear Fruit that Will Last

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6th Sunday of Easter  

   May 13, 2012

 

 “It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you

to go and bear fruit that will remain.”

                                        John 9:16

 

          Chosen to bear fruit that will remain. How fruitful is my life? What does...

 

The Gift of Time

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5th Sunday of Easter

May 6, 2012

 

“[My Father] takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit,

And every one that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.”

                                                                                John 15:2

 

          Last year I received a very...