This week’s SPIRIT is about caring for others, being a caregiver and showing compassion for those around us. Whether we care for an elderly person, a child, or someone with a disability, people have remarkable ways of living that can inspire us. Someone’s capacity for strength and resilience can teach us how to approach each […]
Music and the Gospel: “Smile,” Sidewalk Prophets – 4th Sunday of Advent Read More »
This week SPIRIT focuses on open-mindedness and communication, on discovering what we can find in common with people who hold different beliefs, come from different cultures, and have life experiences unlike our own. We live in a global world with social media and the Internet at our fingertips. We need to learn how to build
Music and the Gospel: “Everyday Life,” Coldplay – 3rd Sunday of Advent Read More »
Loving God, wake us up to how important Jesus’ birth is to who we are and will become. Wake us up to your presence in our lives and in creation. Give us grateful hearts and the strength to do your work on this earth. Amen
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Sunday Readings: Isaiah 35.1-6,10; James 5.7-10; Matthew 11.2-11 When John the Baptist heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent a message by his disciples to ask, “Tell us, are you the one to come, or should we expect someone else?” Jesus answered them, “Go tell John what you hear and see: the
Gospel Reflection for December 11, 2022 – 3rd Sunday of Advent Read More »
Jesus, thank you for teaching us to remember what’s truly important in our lives. Help us not lose sight of the real meaning of this season. Amen.
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Creator Spirit, we breath you like air, see because you are light, feel your energy in our own. In you, we begin. In you, we end. In your love we live each day. Thank you for today. Amen
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The wise men knelt at Jesus’ feet. He was so small. He was so sweet, sleeping upon his mother’s breast, like a new fledgling in its nest. Their gifts his small hands could not hold— the myrrh, the frankincense, the gold. He was too young to speak with them who sought his face in Bethlehem,
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May the God of peace, make you holy through and through, and keep you sound in spirit, soul and body, free of any fault when our Lord Jesus Christ comes. He who calls you keeps faith; he will do it. 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24
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Sunday Readings: Isaiah 11.1-10; Romans 15.4-9; Matthew 3.1-12 John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the desert of Judea and saying, “Repent, the reign of God is at hand.” It was of John that the prophet Isaiah had spoken. “A herald’s voice in the desert: ‘Prepare the way of the Holy One, make straight God’s paths’” (Matthew
Gospel Reflection for December 4, 2022 – 2nd Sunday of Advent Read More »
The holidays pull us in many directions. Sometimes we don’t recognize the people most important to us—those who love us, shelter us, feed us—until something forces us to slow down. Waiting can give us time to remember what and who we count on and how fortunate we really are. Chris Janson’s song “Good Vibes” is
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