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January 14, 2024: Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
...lured. Franciscan S. Ilia Delio, a scientist and theologian, wrote in March of 2020, at the outbreak of COVID: “Only care for another humanizes us, which is why the death of the isolated self for the sake of greater life requires faith in the power of being loved, in the power of God. For where there is God there is love and where there is love there is no fear, because the one who lives in love, lives freely and...
‘Everything is Connected’ — Our Climate
...stable climate that allowed humanity and nature to flourish for thousands of years. But since the start of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century, we have emitted more and more greenhouse gases into our atmosphere that warm the climate by trapping the suns’ heat. These gases are produced by burning coal, oil and gas to power industry and transport, and to supply our homes and buildings with heat and electricity. We also release greenhouse gases through intensive farming and...
Everything is connected – Our Air
...These are released from burning fossil fuels in motor vehicles and in industry, and to generate power. In fast-growing cities, open burning of waste is often a major problem. Breathing the particles released by these activities is a health risk for all, causing heart disease, stroke and lung cancer. But people in low- and middle-income regions are especially exposed. Some air pollutants are also major contributors to global warming. Air pollution in the home is also a leading cause of...
April 21, 2024: Fourth Sunday of Easter
...lay it down on my own. I have power to lay it down, and power to take it up again. This command I have received from my Father.” Reflection Everyone loves the good shepherd! I imagine myself, a rather old and slightly cantankerous ewe, lying as near my shepherd as I can, just glad to be near him and feel his protection. But there’s more to this Gospel than just good vibes. Jesus gets really specific about the difference between...
Everything is Connected — Many Things Have to Change Course
...We can renew our relationship with the planet so that we not only sustain ourselves, but also thrive and flourish. A Prayer for Our Earth All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe and in the smallest of your creatures. You embrace with your tenderness all that exists. Pour out upon us the power of your love, that we may protect life and beauty. Fill us with peace, that we may live as siblings, harming no one. O God...
May 26, 2024: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Gospel: Matthew 28: 16-20 The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them. When they all saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted. Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I...
June 30, 2024: Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...dried up. She felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction. Jesus, aware at once that power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who has touched my clothes?” But his disciples said to Jesus, “You see how the crowd is pressing upon you, and yet you ask, ‘Who touched me?’” And he looked around to see who had done it. The woman, realizing what had happened to her, approached in fear...
Freed between the lines
...slaves. They were not allowed to learn how to read. If a slave were caught reading, they and anyone who was teaching them were severely punished. To learn how to read was to threaten the power system that kept them enslaved. Not much has changed Today, that same injustice has taken different forms to keep in place a power system that is perceived beneficial, even essential to some. One of those forms is censorship of what people can read. It...
October 27, 2024: Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...Gospel presents us with perhaps the most powerful five-word prayer in all of scripture: “Master, I want to see.” The request is simple and direct. Bartimaeus uses no extra words. He doesn’t apologize for making a disturbance. He knows what he wants, indeed what he needs. He asks for Jesus’ pity and hopes for his physical sight to be restored. This simple line sums up what we all want from Jesus. We want to see. How often do we explain...
Adoption of Sustainable Lifestyles
...to the gas gauge and become conscious of how much gas we really use. A hybrid car is a reasonable alternative for now, as electric cars are too expensive, and the charging infrastructure is just not there. We should turn off lights we aren’t using. Today, it’s less about the bill than it is about saving the energy. ‘Unplug’ Home appliances, when not in use, are on standby using phantom power, and can waste up to 10 percent of a home’s total...
December 22, 2024: Fourth Sunday of Advent 6
...child in my womb leaped for joy. … blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord.” Reflection This Gospel is imbedded in my being after viewing in awe the statues of Mary and Elizabeth greeting each other (belly to belly) at Ein Karem Jerusalem. The power of the bond of these women and their responses to a call was palpable. Mary’s greeting ends Elizabeth’s seclusion and begins the...
Sister Andre Panepinto
...with power through his Spirit and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love. I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. A little girl was born to Ignatius (Red) and Edith...