Deep Calls to Deep The Transfiguration – The Case, The Place, & The Face I
I never thought I’d come up with a catchy title for a homily, but there it is. The Case has to do with Peter, James, John, you, and me. The Place is the mountain. The Face… well, you get that. The Case: Peter, James, & John are a case. Yep. Why did Jesus take them […]
Ascension Thursday-on-Sunday (2)
Here is the audio version of my homily from the feast of the Ascension. Besides the presence/absence (connection/abandonment) paradox, I also take up the tension between openness and resistance to Christ’s ascension. The context: the baptism of little Charlotte.
Ascension Thursday-on-Sunday (!)
Here is what I wrote for the Gesu bulletin for this feast. I like it, anyway. Let me know what you think. For a few years not that long ago, I began to think of the feast of the Ascension as a celebration of abandonment, being left in the lurch, or Arnold saying, “I’ll […]
5th of Easter – Mothers’ Day, Infant Baptism, & the Place of Encounter
The community at the 9 am Mass of the Church of the Gesu welcomed two 3 month-old baby girls into the faith of the Church – Nora & Quinn. What might “preparing a place” mean to the couples who undertake the religious formation of their daughters? Here’s a thought. Or two.
Deep Calls to Deep 