TALES FROM BEYOND THE HORIZON: Meeting Lazarus
I’ve always wondered about Lazarus, always wanted to, in some way, to have been there and watched, a fly on the wall, as the event unfolded. The rush of Jesus to the scene, not understanding what he...
View ArticlePOETRY: Resurrection, by Mary Ann Bernard
Long, long, long ago; Way before this winter’s snow First fell upon these weathered fields; I used to sit and watch and feel And dream of how the spring would be, When through the winter’s stormy sea...
View ArticleCHRISTMAS MEDITATION: The Grand Miracle, by C. S. Lewis
Supposing you had before you a manuscript of some great work, either a symphony or a novel. There then comes to you a person, saying, “Here is a new bit of the manuscript that I found; it is the...
View ArticleLENT: Thursday of the Fourth Week in Lent, by Henri J. M. Nouwen
From Show Me The Way How can you believe since you look to each other for glory and are not concerned with the glory that comes from the one God? —John 5:44 I have gradually become aware how central...
View ArticleSTATIONS OF THE CROSS: Fifteenth Station — Jesus Is Laid In the Tomb, by...
From The Journey to Peace Brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and in which you stand firm. You are being saved by it at this very moment if you hold fast...
View ArticlePOETRY: Resurrection, by Margaret Atwood
I see now I see now I cannot see earth is a blizzard in my eyes I hear now the rustle of the snow the angels listening above me thistles bright with sleet gathering waiting for the time to reach me up...
View ArticleJESUS: Descent Into Hell, by Garry Wills
From What Jesus Meant Lazarus Jesus embraced his own death when he gave life to Lazarus. When he answered the call from Lazarus’s sisters, he was going back into the killing zone, as his followers...
View ArticleACCEPTANCE: Jesus of Los Angeles, by James Martin, SJ
From The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything Recently, I made my second thirty-day retreat at a Jesuit house in Los Angeles. It would be only the second (and maybe the final) time that I would make...
View ArticleSERMON: Easter — Not Magic But Mystery, by J. R. Burkholder
We are standing in the darkness before the dawn – facing the tomb. It is empty. Where is the light of Christ? From the very first, men and women have been baffled by the claim that Jesus was risen...
View ArticleEASTER: Urbi Et Orbi Message, by Pope Francis
From I Ask You to Pray For Me Dear brothers and sisters in Rome and throughout the world, Happy Easter! Happy Easter! What a joy it is for me to announce this message: Christ is risen! I would like...
View ArticleEASTER: A Faith That Loves The Earth, by Karl Rahner, S.J.
From The Mystical Way in Everyday Life It is difficult to express in worn human words the mystery contained in the joy of Easter. If the mysteries of the gospel can enter the smallness of our human...
View ArticleEASTER: Easter Sermon, by St. John Chrysostom
Is there anyone who is a devout lover of God? Let them enjoy this beautiful bright festival! Is there anyone who is a grateful servant? Let them rejoice and enter into the joy of their Lord! Are there...
View ArticlePOETRY: Wherefore The Scars Of Christ’s Passion Remained In The Body Of His...
Translated from the Latin by Helen Waddell When Christ came from the shadows by the stream Of Phlegethon, Scars were upon his feet, his hands, his side Not, as dulled souls might deem, That He, who had...
View ArticleMEDITATION: Heart Of Jesus, Our Life And Resurrection, by John Paul II
From Angelus Meditations on the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus One This invocation from the Litany of the Sacred Heart, strong and persuasive as an act of faith, contains the entire mystery of...
View ArticleJESUS: The Resurrection Of The Flesh, by Thomas Aquinas
The Holy Spirit not only sanctifies the church with regard to its soul, but by its power our bodies will arise: “to those believing in him who raised up Jesus Christ Our Lord from the dead” and so...
View ArticleEASTER: Darfur In Light Of Easter, Seth Kaper-Dale
From A Voice for Justice April 30, 2006 But Peter said, “I have no silver or gold, but what I have I give you; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, stand up and walk.” (Acts 3:6) I was sitting in...
View ArticleSUFFERING: Recapturing A Sense Of Mystery, by Basil Hume
From The Mystery of the Cross In our day we need to recapture a sense of mystery. Pascal made the distinction between a mystery and a problem, and it is one we have tended to forget. A problem is an...
View ArticlePOETRY: Easter Monday, by Christina Rossetti
Out in the rain a world is growing green, On half the trees quick buds are seen Where glued-up buds have been. Out in the rain God’s Acre stretches green, Its harvest quick tho’ still unseen: For there...
View ArticleRESURRECTION: Our God Of Love, by Richard G. Malloy
From Hungry, and You Fed Me “Your life is hidden with Christ in God.” Jesus and Satan were having an ongoing argument about who was better on the computer. They had been going at it for days, and God...
View ArticlePOETRY: That Nature Is A Heraclitean Fire And Of The Comfort Of The...
Cloud-puffball, torn tufts, tossed pillows flaunt forth, then chevy on an air- Built thoroughfare: heaven-roysterers, in gay-gangs they throng; they glitter in marches. Down roughcast, down dazzling...
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