Last evening over 400 people gathered at Sacred Heart Church to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Holy Cross ministering in the Tri-Community. Bishop Sheridan blessed the Holy Cross members who were present, including our Provincial, Fr. Thomas O’Hara, CSC. I composed the prayer based on the words of our Founder, Rev. Basil Moreau and on the Constitutions of the Congregation of Holy Cross. Continue reading
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Fragments from The Word: Matthew 4: 1-11
Sunday March 9, 2014
We long for a new watered garden of hope.
We wait for new seeds from the despairing sands of doubt, revenge and anger.
We journey through narrow, scorched paths of sorrow, sadness and un-forgiveness.
A lasting spring garden waits in our souls. Continue reading
Listen to “On the Margins”. This broadcast comes from KBVM 88.3, Catholic Broadcasting Northwest. (Due to technical troubles, this show does not have the usual On the Margins opening and closing). We surrender to God in every aspect of our lives. The desert is a place of this surrender, our own temptations. We are put to the test just like Jesus. We renew our baptismal life this Lent. First Sunday of Lent, March 9, 2014.
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Read my latest article in Ministry and Liturgy Magazine. This month my column, “Bridge Work” is highlighted on the Resource Publication’s website. Click here to read, “Easter: the best for us.”
On this Ash Wednesday, I invite you to pray again The Faces of Friday, a version of The Stations of the Cross that were produced by Andrew Noethe and myself several years ago. Each station is a separate video that can be used for group prayer or individual reflection. Click here to view THE FACES OF FRIDAY.
Let us pray:
God of the journey, today we process together to be marked with salvation’s sign. We stream to this sacred smudge as we are, dirty or forlorn, ill or imprisoned, dutiful or apologetic. Reach out in a gesture of love and comfort us along the way because what we all have in common is a desire to find our home in you. Bless us and forgive our past mistakes and the sins that haunt us in the night. Give us a new vision of ourselves as believers and as a people who long to be connected by baptismal waters. Release us from shame, from negative self-talk, from our desires to hurt our neighbors and from the confines and patterns of blame. You are love. Welcome us next in line with ashes on our foreheads so we may renew our hearts to follow you all our days. Amen
Sunday March 2, 2014
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Isaiah
We forget the love God has for us.
We forget that we are called into life and that we are pure gift.
We forget our worth, our voice and our purpose. Continue reading
Listen to “On the Margins”. This broadcast comes from KBVM 88.3, Catholic Broadcasting Northwest. (Due to technical troubles, this show does not have the usual On the Margins opening and closing) We relax in the promise that God is here for us. We entrust everything we have to God. Do not worry…is not an easy command. Yet, God provides for us. Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, March 2, 2014.
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This At Home Retreat was first published in 2008 while I was serving at the Downtown Chapel in Portland, OR. I revised the dates for this Lenten season, 2014. This retreat is centered on the Cycle A Sunday Gospels for Lent. Continue reading
Listen to “On the Margins”. This broadcast comes from KBVM 88.3, Catholic Broadcasting Northwest. We are being stretched about our notions of how to live in the world. This ‘perfect’ means that the fulfillment of love. In the end God will see it to completion. We are to put love into practice, a love that is far from our natural instincts. Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 23, 2014.
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