On this solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, I’d like to recall, in the spirit of Matthias, someone well-known and anonymous. Though not a part of today’s scripture readings, Paul and Silas’ jailer at Phillipi, was nearly lost to life, and then found eternal life when the Master of the Universe moved the earth for an early release of the two imprisoned evangelizers
Corpus Christi is my joy because it means that Jesus has never left the scene.
Suffering from a lighter than air literary sense, I seldom take on the weightier issues for fear of being punched by my own punchlines. In spite of this trepidation, at the behest of the 3rd person of the subject of this scratching, here is my encounter with the 3 in 1, hoping that I won’t have to pay thrice in eternity.
Invisible Apostle or Ascending Jesus? And if the Ascension is invisible (at least on Thursday) does that make Matthias manifest?
I have a little arrangement with the Trinity. They propose; I say nos. I am trying to be less trying to the eye in the sky, but I’m a hard nut who’s cracked
Here’s the favorite whipping boy of the new covenant, who checked out scripturally before anyone could apply Jesus’ enemy loving philosophy to him. So can we, in good conscience still continue the whipping?
The place where Divinity hits the ground running, and we sing out our joy and ring out our bells…
This is an unedited excerpt from a journal I wrote while on retreat in November 2013. It is an example of how being removed from the material distractions made me look at what props me up from day to day.
