Tuesday, March 19The Boy Jesus in the TempleLuke 2:41-51a Mother She wiped his toddler noseand held his handand told him stories as he sat on her lap,stories of the ancestors,ancient and recent,stories of her childhood.She expressed her joy and love and gratitudeto him through her actions and wordsand in her prayers.She delighted in the times […]
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March 17
The Fifth Sunday of Lent, March 17The Raising of LazarusJohn 11:1-45 Right to Die He was there when Joseph died.Word had reached him in time to return home,to be a consoling presence to his mother,his father, and those who would mourn his passing.It can be clear that there is a time for death,and this clarity […]
March 13, 2024
Wednesday, March 13The Work of the SonJohn 5:17-30 Nonetheless Quiet assurance is nonetheless quiet,silent, still,unaffected by me or whatever I may do (or not).God, you are so close, so ever-presentyet as distant as the stars,inescapable yet why would I everwant to move at all from you?To pray always evolves into a state of empty grace,so […]
March 12, 2024
Tuesday, March 12The Cure at BethesdaJohn 5:1-16 Too Courteous As children we learn to express empty gratitude.“Thank you” for this and “Thank you” for that,though it was rote, absent emotion and sincerity.So too with our prayers, full of dull obligation and shallow ritual.We need to grow up,to learn to kiss with an open mouth,to abandon […]
March 11 , 2024
Monday, March 11Second Sign at CanaJohn 4:43-54 Because I Have Faith When my wife got sickand our lives were turned upside downand the freedom I had grown so accustomed to was gone,and when I had to watch her cryin pain and fear and suffering,because I have faith, I asked“Where are you in this situation, God?” […]