• Mass Communication: The Introductory Rite

    Mass Communication is a monthly post exploring liturgical signs and gestures as we experience them at liturgy. Last month, I explored the apostolic greeting, “The Lord be with you.” Today, I will dig around the rest of the Introductory Rite. Praying with our bodies is an essential experience in liturgical prayer. During the Penitential Rite,…

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  • I remembered

    This weekend, God gave me a moment to remember. Old friends got together as one of our brothers from seminary married his bride. In this moment of happy reunions, I remembered. I relived a time in our lives when we all ascended a mountain in the Pacific Northwest, lived together in community … all out…

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  • Psalm 16: Finding Trust and Security in Yahweh

    On this final Sunday of Ordinary Time, the psalms pull on the strings of my heart. Psalm 16 brings Ordinary Time, also known as ordered time, to a close: You are my inheritance, O Lord. When we read the psalm chapter in its entirety, we hear the full force of the psalmist’s message. The psalmist…

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  • Finding True and Eternal Life: A Guide to Discipleship

    Each month, I reflect on a small portion of the Rule of Saint Benedict. May the Rule shape our hearts in following Jesus.

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  • The Widow’s Trust: Lessons from Scripture

    Giving from our poverty. Thoughts on Sunday’s Readings.

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