I wonder how many people in Catholic marriages are aware of National Marriage Week (Feb. 7-14) and World Marriage Day (Sunday, Feb. 12). It would be interesting to know how many parishes have planned anything to celebrate this week. But the most interesting question...
For the month of February 2023, Pope Francis asks people to join with him to pray that parishes be more open communities.
That got me thinking about our longing for belonging and the possibilities of parishes.
Much to my surprise, Pope Francis seemed to comment on yesterday’s Mindwalk.
Of course, I know he never read it … but his reflection today certainly fit!
See if you agree with his comments on “Blessed are the poor in Spirit.”
In his first major sermon, Jesus names a group of people normally thought to be unfortunate and of no account. He pronounces them “blessed.” Jesus flips the script to show how different his mission was from what people expected.
The Church has its own kind of influencers.
I think of the “Saints next door” or “ordinary saints whose way of living is contagious. The way they live has great impact over people’s lives.
God shared the gift of imagination with us.
Today I ask you imagine where you might expect Jesus would begin his mission and who would he choose?
Pope Francis believes the Bible is a highly dangerous book—so dangerous that is treated in some countries as if one were hiding a hand grenade in their closet.
The Jerusalem headhunters would not have been very interested in Jesus’ leadership team. They liked the way rabbis were picked from among the most promising in their schools.
Yet his choices were key in spreading his message.
My parents had a dream! Their dream of a better life kept them going.
Martin Luther King also had a dream that kept him going.
In this Mindwalk I explore how God’s dream should keep us going.
Even at 85 I was her “little brother” in our last phone call.
Here is my Mindwalk saying goodbye at the Eucharist celebrating her Resurrection.
My 91 year old sister has entered into the fullness of life she believed in.
If I were to ask you today, “which of you knows the exact date of your baptism?” I do not think there would be too many hands raised….
Yet, it is the day on which we were saved, it is the day on which we became children of God.
Anyone seeking health insurance or entrance into a school knows the term “open enrollment”. Triggered by a Pope Francis’ homily on the feast of the Epiphany, I played with the idea of the Magi returning home and offering free instruction to anyone wanting to make the journey of a lifetime.