This past week was a tough one. It started with a small dental disaster: a recently implanted tooth malfunctioned and ended impacting a good tooth that cracked neatly in two pieces. My right foot is still swelling from a size 9 to almost a size 11. My 1954 model physical body is beginning to show signs of decay. As a consequence of my three month stay in the hospital I find it hard to breathe. In the words of Pink Floyd "shorter of breath and one day closer to death" plus: several lawsuits, … [Read more...]
The Walk to Emmaus
Think As you read the following passages of Scripture, try to put yourself in the scene. Sense from the story the excitement of the disciples (perhaps Cleopas and Mark) — It was Sunday, the Crucifixion happened hardly 48 hours prior. The disciples are still vastly unaware not only of the reality of the Resurrection but of its very necessity. The coming back from the depths of death is part of the promised sign of Jonah: Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but … [Read more...]
That Glorious Sunday
"What is going on? Passages of Scripture that were read a thousand times are coming alive fraught with meaning when compared with the present situation of the Church. Ancient words are revealing this new reality. One more proof that there is nothing to despair about. God is in control, was and will always be in control. Have faith." (Anonymous, January 2023) But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. They … [Read more...]
A Passion Revisited
We believe that those in this world who truly believe in Christ --the Church Militant-- conform His Mystical Body. "For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit." (1 Corinthians 12:12-13 RSVCE) Those who study the Holy Gospel in depth often see that the life of Christ is a model of … [Read more...]
A Prophetic Model For Our Days
"You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice, and you shall serve Him and cleave to Him." Deuteronomy 13:4 (RSVCE) "Moreover I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness. I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for He has appointed a time for every matter, and for every work." Ecclesiastes 3:16-17 (RSVCE) ______ I had … [Read more...]
