Spirituality

This resource will feature weekly Sunday Reflections based on the readings from Sacred Scripture written by Ted Wolgamot, Psy.D. The readings are found in those cycles common to the Catholic Church, the Episcopal Church, and most mainstream Protestant churches. It will also include a blog written by a guest, articles of interest in the spiritual world, and books that have been found to be of special import.

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Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

“… and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. He was a Samaritan.” Lk 17:16 One of the great mystics of the Church, Meister Eckhart, once wrote: ...

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The Case for Change

A few years ago, I visited a Greek Orthodox monastery in Arizona with my wife, sister and brother-in-law. It was a beautiful, tranquil place, an oasis in the desert. But ...

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Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

“O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not listen? Or cry to you ‘Violence!’ and you will not save? Why do you make me see ...

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Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

                          “ … a great chasm is established to prevent anyone from crossing who might wish to go from your side to ours ….” LK 16:26 “How can justice be achieved? ...

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God Myopia

Back in the day, the Des Moines Register, where I worked for 22 years, was a marvel of a newspaper. It had expert writers in so many areas, including a ...

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Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today’s gospel account from Luke is considered to be among the most difficult of all scriptural texts to understand. Even as great a biblical authority as St. Augustine remarked: “I ...