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Easter People in a Good Friday/Holy Saturday World?

by John Freund, CM | April 3, 2024 | Mindwalk | 0 Comments

A great theologian, Johannes Hoffinger, asked: “if we are Easter People, why do we so often look like people in need of an aspirin?” Can we learn to recognize our experiences of the resurrected Jesus today.

Holy Week: What Would You Do?

by Deirdre Noonan | March 25, 2024 | Mindwalk | 4 Comments

A Mindwalk from Deidre Noonan As Holy Week begins, on Palm Sunday, we hear the first version of the Passion. Have you really read it? Have you placed yourself in each character? What would you do? The Anointing As Jesus is reclining at the table, in the house...

Transfigured

by Beth Nicol | March 4, 2024 | Mindwalk | 0 Comments

Deirdre Noonan writes: Each Sunday my family has a ritual. We go to mass, come home, my 19 year old son makes us breakfast and we talk, usually about whatever the homily was about. Recently, the gospel was the story of the transfiguration.

Learning From Roller Coasters

by John Freund, CM | May 17, 2023 | Mindwalk

One of the thrills for children is when their parents take them to a major amusement park and ride a roller coaster.
The thrills and excitements…the ups and downs… the fears and uncertainty of a loss of control.

What Size Is Your Dream?

by John Freund, CM | May 15, 2023 | Mindwalk

Have you ever imagined a great drive-thru with God at the window asking “Will that be a small, regular, or… my special God-sized dream?”

Walking In the Shoes of the Fisherman

by John Freund, CM | May 12, 2023 | Mindwalk

April 15 of 1891,1931, and 1961 is the publication date of each of major papal documents that mark the core social teaching of the Catholic Church.
The metaphor of “The Shoes of the Fisherman” reminds us that Pope Francis continues to walk in the shoes of Popes Leo XIII…

An Eight-year-old Jesus Figure

by John Freund, CM | Jan 5, 2022 | Mindwalk

A simple explanation of why the Word of God took flesh and fully entered into our human condition. Emmanuel, God with us, the Word made flesh says, “Don’t worry, I have been through all this and will help you get through it.”

Mindwalk Top Twenty for 2021

by John Freund, CM | Jan 4, 2022 | Mindwalk

The list of top 20 Mindwalks for those who are curious. It seems to imply we are a group with varied interests.

Elizabeth Seton and Our Ordinary Epiphanies

by John Freund, CM | Jan 3, 2022 | Mindwalk

Regina Bechtle connected the dots for me between Elizabeth Ann Seton, the feast of the Epiphany, and our “ordinary epiphanies”. She found her God precisely in the most ordinary of moments.

Pope Francis – Mothers Hold Things Together!

by John Freund, CM | Jan 2, 2022 | Mindwalk

This inclusive way of seeing things, which transcends tensions by “keeping” and “pondering”, is the way of mothers, who, in moments of tension, do not divide, they keep, and in this way enable life to grow.

Pope Francis – A Different Approach To Peace?

by John Freund, CM | Dec 31, 2021 | Mindwalk

Pope Francis echos Saint Paul VI. Often these messages stress the traditional opposition between peace and war. This year he develops a theme from Saint Paul VI. – peace as the goal of a journey.
Francis give us rules for the road.

Pope Francis – the challenge of “littleness” and dialogue

by John Freund, CM | Dec 28, 2021 | Mindwalk

Pope Francis say ‘Littleness is where God is” … Let us ask ourselves” can we accept the challenge of littleness.
“By the coming of Jesus, the Person of the Word made flesh, into our world, God showed us the way of encounter and dialogue. Indeed, he made that way incar…