“… he breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them.’” Jn. 20/21 If there is a single word permeating all ...
Christ is risen! Alleluia! These are the victorious words we shout out with gusto on this greatest of all feast days. And yet, curiously, the gospel reading we heard today ...
“ … though he was in the form of God … he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave … he humbled himself.” Phil. 2:7-8 14th century German mystic ...
“… unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but, if it dies, it produces much fruit.” Jn. 12:22 ...
“For God so loved the world…. (Jn. 3:15) In 1967, a song written by a then unknown country singer named Bobbie Gentry made it all the way to the top ...
“The foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom.” (I Cor. 1:25) A “fool” is a person society considers to be mad, irrational, imprudent and unwise. If that’s so, then ...