Deep Calls to Deep 5th Sunday Lent – What an amazing context!!!
California Jesus enters the city. As “they” say on Facebook: “You won’t believe what happens next!” Watch this. Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem – John 12:12-19 The next day a great crowd who had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. 13 So they took branches of palm trees and went out […]
Reprise of the 3rd Sunday Homily – Cleansing Temple & Selling Out… [audio]
Yep. It’s not just musicians who sell out. Actors, actresses, politicians, we clergy, you name it… One temptation we all face is to align ourselves with someone/something that will seemingly make life easier, make us look better, get others to cheer. Yep. Happens all the time. So, what does it mean that Jesus drove out […]
Looking Ahead to the 5th Sunday – for a change…
Four Mini-Retreats for the Fifth Sunday of Lent The Fifth Sunday of Lent invites us to reflect on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and give thanks and praise to God who opens a path for us to new life. Four passages from the day call us to reflect on the mystery of God’s […]
3rd, no 4th Sunday Lent – It’s all in Genesis…
Light, day; Night, darkness; evening, morning. They appeared in Sunday’s gospel with that special flair that John brings to the New Testament. The light, the morning, the day point to the ‘place’ of mutual indwelling between Father & Son & Spirit & disciples who believe. In this instance, believing signifies more than a state of […]
3rd, no 4th Sunday Lent – Cycle A, FYI
I presided at the Saturday liturgy at which the parish prayed the 2nd Scrutiny over the Elect. Scrutinies are meant to help uncover whatever is weak and heal it; and to hold up whatever is strong and encourage that. So, we used the Cycle A readings – John 9:1-41, the healing of the blind man. […]
An ‘Unexpected’ Parish Mission… 3/24
Friends & colleagues, my superior & co-associate pastor, Matt Walsh, SJ, recommended I present this workshop here at Gesu since it seemed to be so successful at St. Stephen’s Catholic Community, Nashville, TN. It’s ‘unexpected’ since there’s so little time left in Lent, there’s no pre-production for it, & little time to prepare. It’s kind […]
2nd Sunday Lent – Reprise (audio)
Here’s the audio file of my homily(It was posted late) about the Transfiguration and the ‘place’ of the disciples therein. I believe it could help get ready for the 4th Sunday. Blessings! –roc,sj
2nd Sunday Lent – Into the Cloud of Knowing and Unknowing…
Liturgists have made us of the desert to signify lots of different Lenten themes. Wilderness, ashes, fasting, almsgiving, & prayer. Sunday’s gospel suggests the cloud as a place of encountering Christ, the law & the prophets, our humanity, and such. It’s the place on the mountain of transformation. Of listening. Of wondering. Of seeing only […]
2nd Sunday Lent – In Christ all things hold together…
What’s the good news about the Transfiguration? It’s the vision of our wounded humanity encompassed & embraced by the glory of God in the moment – right now! – and a promise for the ultimate healing & restoration of consonance of all that is dissonant in our lives. Yesterday demonstrated the network of meaning given to […]
2nd Sunday Lent: The Mountain – One yet Many
Mark presents Jesus’ Transfiguration on the high mountain as one event that draws together many meanings. Let’s consider this high mountain and how its many meanings appear under the auspices of The Way of Life versus The Way toward Death. Today, let’s explore the network of meanings that Mark brings together in this scene that invigorate our picture […]
Deep Calls to Deep 