17 October 2020 Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop, Martyr on Saturday of week 28 in Ordinary Time Ephesians 1:15-23I, having once heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus, and the love that you show towards all the saints, have never failed to remember you in my prayers and...
God will bring me strength
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16 October 2020 Friday of week 28 in Ordinary Time Ephesians 1:11-14 In Christ we were claimed as God’s own. Chosen to be, for his greater glory. Psalm 32 Happy the people the Lord has chosen as his own. Beato il popolo scelto dal Signore. Luke 12:1-7Can you not...
Let us be directed by the Spirit
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14 October 2020 Wednesday of week 28 in Ordinary Time Galatians 5:18-25If you are led by the Spirit, no law can touch you. When self-indulgence is at work the results are obvious: fornication, gross indecency, and sexual irresponsibility; idolatry and sorcery; feuds and wrangling, jealousy, bad temper and quarrels;...
Only love changes hearts
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13 October 2020 Tuesday of week 28 in Ordinary Time Galatians 5:1-6When Christ freed us, he meant us to remain free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery. It is I, Paul, who tell you this: if you allow yourselves to be circumcised,...
Slavery of Minds
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12 October 2020 Monday week 28 Ordinary Time Sal 112 Sia benedetto il nome del Signore, da ora e per sempre. Luca 11,29-32 + Dal Vangelo secondo LucaIn quel tempo, mentre le folle si accalcavano, Gesù cominciò a dire: «Questa generazione è una generazione malvagia; essa cerca un...
I’m not being unjust!
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25th Sunday in Ordinary Time 20 September 2020 There is a saying, “Unrealistic expectations are premeditated resentments“. Merely expecting something to happen will not make it happen. Developmental psychologist Jean Piaget noted that young children have difficulty distinguishing between the subjective and objective worlds. Piaget referred to this as...
Discernment and the Sower
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The Gospel reading of today’s liturgy is the well known parable of the Sower sowing the seed (Luke 8:4-15) What really is left to say about this parable? In fact it is pretty straight-forward in its message, especially as Jesus himself gives the explanation! So I decided today at...
Women. Friends of Jesus.
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The women who accompanied Jesus Jesus made his way through towns and villages preaching, and proclaiming the Good News of the kingdom of God. With him went the Twelve, as well as certain women who had been cured of evil spirits and ailments: Mary surnamed the Magdalene, from whom...
Unconditional Love as Faith
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Acknowledging Universalis Commentary for Gospel of Thursday Week 24 Ordinary Time This is a story of devotion and repentance, but a story also of the welcome of Jesus. A story of the unconditional love of God, embodied in Jesus, the incarnation of the Divine Covenant made by God with...
Treasures of the Heart
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Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows Tuesday September 15 2020 Our Lady of Sorrows The devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows flourished in the Middle Ages, and the hymn Stabat Mater was composed for it; At the Cross her station keeping,stood the mournful Mother weeping,close to her Son to...
A time to be slow …
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This is the time to be slow,Lie low to the wallUntil the bitter weather passes. Try, as best you can, not to letThe wire brush of doubtScrape from your heartAll sense of yourselfAnd your hesitant light. If you remain generous,Time will come good;And you will find your feetAgain on...
Certainty
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Hosea 5:15-6:6 The Lord says this: They will search for me in their misery. ‘Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us; he has struck us down, but he will bandage our wounds; after a day or two he will...
Holiness
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Monday of the 1st week of Lent 2 March 2020 Leviticus 19:1-2,11-18 The Lord spoke to Moses; he said: ‘Speak to the whole community of the sons of Israel and say to them: ‘“Be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy. ‘“You must not steal...
Lenten Abundance
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1st Sunday of Lent 1 March 2020 Genesis 2:7-9,3:1-7 The Lord God fashioned man of dust from the soil. Then he breathed into his nostrils a breath of life, and thus man became a living being. The Lord God planted a garden in Eden which is in the...
Your Goodness
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Thursday after Ash Wednesday 27 February 2020 Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Moses said to the people: ‘See, today I set before you life and prosperity, death and disaster. If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I enjoin on you today, if you love the Lord...
Created in Whose Image
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Thursday 28 November 2019 Daniel 6:12-28 The presidents and satraps came along in a body and found Daniel praying and pleading with God. They then came to the king and said, ‘Have you not just signed an edict forbidding any man for the next thirty days to pray to...
Contemplation: entrancement in presence
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Practice: Contemplating Art. From Richard Rohr Meditation: “Art Old and New” I often refer to the insightful work of contemporary philosopher Ken Wilber. This week’s contemplative practice is from Wilber’s excellent book The Eye of Spirit: An Integral Vision for a World Gone Slightly Mad. Simply reading his essay...
Don’t take life too seriously
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Rhythms of Presence
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Week 32 in Ordinary Time The normal rhythm of a day includes times when the joy of the day and the bright sunshine, blue skies, birds singing and beauty surrounds you. And then this fades and gives way to the shadows and fears of night and the unknowing of...
Heart Spirituality: a Process Approach
Heart Spirituality, Posts, Retreats, Seminars, Programs, Science & Spirituality, Ecology, Cosmology, Transformation Emergence Evolution
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By Chris Chaplin, msc INTRODUCTION It has been said, “A healthy church is a missionary church”. This might lead us to an end of the “managing decline” approach to leadership, in favour of looking for signs of life in the Spirit. A General Conference is a good opportunity to...