On The Margins – Matthew 5:13-16

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fr_ron_and_kbvm_readingBWListen to  “On the Margins”. This broadcast comes from KBVM 88.3, Catholic Broadcasting Northwest. We are called to be in relationship with Christ. We are to be perceived as salt and light. These are images of our discipleship. We behold the promise of Christ within us. The Kingdom is preserved within us like salt. Behold the Light of Christ .  Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 9, 2014.

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Ministry and Liturgy Magazine: February 2014

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             I remember walking into the dilapidated, former gymnasium next to Moreau Seminary at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. I was an undergraduate preparing to enter our novitiate in Colorado. Graduate seminarians told me about an entire room filled with old steamer trunks. So I talked a classmate into going with me deep into the storage room in the old gym. We shoved an old wooden door out of our way. The musty door gave way to an entire room filled with large black trunks from seminarians and priests from the 1930’s and 1940’s Continue reading →

On The Margins – Matthew 2:1-12

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fr_ron_and_kbvm_readingBWListen to  “On the Margins”. This broadcast comes from KBVM 88.3, Catholic Broadcasting Northwest. Simeon and Anna waited to see for themselves the promise of salvation in Christ Jesus. They waited all their lives which is a great symbol for our own lives. We wait for the promise of God in our own relationships and in our day.  The Presentation of the Lord  February 2 2014.

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On The Margins – Matthew 4:12-23

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fr_ron_and_kbvm_readingBWListen to  “On the Margins”. This broadcast comes from KBVM 88.3, Catholic Broadcasting Northwest. Jesus calls his disciples. They were fisherman. Jesus calls them into a new reality. They will cast their nets into the Kingdom of God. They left their work place, the nets of the fisherman and followed Jesus.  Third Sunday in Ordinary Time,  January 26, 2014.

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Simplicity: Session Eight

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DSC_0078I wrote this retreat on simplicity in 2001. These ten sessions are the beginning of a new series here on living a simple life. I hope these sessions open you to the foundations of living a life of simplicity, learning what is essential from the inside out, a process of faith and prayer. The essence of simplicity rests in our deep faith experience of the Paschal Mystery. All things die. New life emerges. This pattern is the element of God’s creating plan. Jesus’ dying and rising reveals the brevity of life. We cannot ultimately possess or control life. Life is a great gift given from our loving Creator. I hope you enjoy this seventh session. You may download the entire series here:

 Simplicity:  Loving, Living, Serving by Ronald Patrick Raab, C.S.C. (Fatima Retreat Center, 2001) Continue reading →

On The Margins – John 1:29-34

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fr_ron_and_kbvm_readingBWListen to my weekly radio show, On the Margins, from radio KBVM 88.3, Catholic Broadcasting Northwest. John sees Jesus as the revelation of God, a continuation of Jesus’ baptism. I see Christ in the line of people coming to Eucharist, some with great faith and others from sheer habit. People line up from many backgrounds and understandings about their own lives. Second Sunday in Ordinary Time January 19, 2014.

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Save Us, Send Us: Praying with Litanies

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I just received copies of my new book from World Library Publications in Chicago. The book, “Save Us, Send Us: Praying with Litanies” was written while I was serving at Saint Andre Bessette Church in Portland, Oregon. To order the book, CLICK HERE.

The editor writes, “The gospel call and challenge for justice and peace echoes through the insistent ryythm of  these prayers, while the repeated responses call upon us to entrich own understanding of God’s presence and work in the world around us.” Continue reading →

On The Margins – Matthew 3:13-17

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fr_ron_and_kbvm_readingBWListen to  “On the Margins”. This broadcast comes from KBVM 88.3, Catholic Broadcasting Northwest. Jesus’ initiation of baptism invites us into seeing the Trinity. John uses the gift of water for change, but what we really need is Spirit. Water destroys but it also brings life. Jesus’ baptism leads us into Christ’s passion, death and resurrection. We initiate our next generation into this change, the message of hope.  Baptism of the Lord, January 12, 2014.

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