Monday, March 27The Woman Caught in AdulteryJohn 8:1-11 Stones She stands in the center,afraid,crying,vulnerable,feeling alone.They hurled assaultswith the hope of inflicting painand shame,to press on the fresh woundwith a sense of righteousness,spitting madon the verge of escalating violence,looking for stones, unawarethat it was the evil one who set them out. Yet Jesus stood in the […]
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MARCH 26
The Fifth Sunday of Lent, March 26The 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 25
Saturday, March 25The AnnunciationLuke 1:26-38Discernment It wasn’t until after she missed her second period that she told her mother,about the visit from the angel,about what was impossible actually being real,about her yes and the consequences,both imagined and unimaginable.Yet her mother already knew,not by some vision or eavesdropping,but through her deep connection with those she loved.Her […]
MARCH 24
Friday, March 24 –The Feast of TabernaclesJohn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 Sadderday I was grateful that I could cry with herthe day she was rejected by her church.I noticed that I cried more freely than she.I was grateful that the love and acceptance of Godflowed through me toward her,on a day and at a time when […]
MARCH 23
Thursday, March 23Witnesses to JesusJohn 5:31-47 A Graced Decision Was it a sin when Jesus expressed his anger by turning over the money tables?Did he lose his composure, acting upon impulse, or did he discern this action methodically, over time, paying attention, being and doing with God?Was it like the brave people of color sitting […]