Tag Archive | religion
I can see! You light up my life! Who lights up your life?
The Fourth Sunday of Lent The story of the man born blind (Sunday, March 22nd, 2020) John the Evangelist is inviting us to ask ourselves: Who are the blind ones? Who are those who see? This story is amazing. William Barclay, the great Presbyterian scripture scholar, comments that “there’s no more vivid character drawing in all of […]
The Jesus I know and love ~ And I want you to know and love him too!
Thursday after Ash Wednesday, February 27, 2020 Dear Sisters and Brothers, In the first reading, Moses says: “I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live, by loving the Lord, your God, heeding his voice, and holding fast to him” (Deuteronomy 30:15-20). […]
Ashes to ashes, Dust to dust ~ Let Jesus raise you up!
Ash Wednesday 2020 Dear Friends, Ash Wednesday is upon us once again. Easter ~ Sunday April 12th. So, you may ask ~ what are ashes all about? We Catholics like symbols. (So does Harry Potter.) What can they tell us about life? And death? And reality? When the priest smears ashes on the penitent’s forehead […]
Happy Valentine’s Day! True Love is faithful love ~ How do you measure up?
Flagler Beach Florida sunrise / bob traupman. HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY, EVERYONE! We’ve been reflecting on St. Paul’s eloquent words about love from I Corinthians 13. And this is my final post on the subject. Love is not pompous, it is not inflated, it does not seek its own interests, […]
