Imperfect Perfection
In our imperfection God wants us to come to Him, to believe in Him, to interact with Him, and ultimately to allow the transforming power of His love to make us what were meant to be.
In our imperfection God wants us to come to Him, to believe in Him, to interact with Him, and ultimately to allow the transforming power of His love to make us what were meant to be.
An ancient instrument of execution used by a brutal and oppressive regime is exalted today as a symbol of humankind’s liberation from the power of evil. Nobody who attended this momentous event two millennia ago (except the guest of dishonor) quite understood that. Or was there someone on hand with an inkling?
Let’s look at the Assumption not as Mary being beamed up, but as her reuniting with the flesh of her flesh.
In keeping with this Sunday’s Gospel, let me get my two cents in on this Martha vs. Mary battle.
Celebrate the Sacred Heart! Forgive the person you think is most likely to go to hell.
With Lent and Easter still showing in our rearview mirrors, Ordinary Time has arrived. But the time is not ordinary either by definition or in fact…
Jesus loves me, this I know. What’s disturbing is that He wants me to love folks like me…
Maybe we aren’t the first folks God calls on, but shouldn’t we act like we are?
Mary of Magdala saw the stone was gone and ran to tell the others. They came. They saw. They left. Jesus came.
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