Posted in Reflections on March 9th, 2008 Comments Off
Ezekiel 37:12-14 Romans 8:8-11 John 11:1-45 or 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” (John 11:25-26)
by Cathleen Crayton
An Ignatian prayer and reflection […]
Posted in Reflections on February 20th, 2008 Comments Off
Composed circa 1224
You are holy, Lord, the only God, and Your deeds are wonderful.
You are strong.
You are great.
You are the Most High.
You are Almighty.
You, Holy Father are King of heaven and earth.
You are Three and One, Lord God, all Good.
You are Good, all Good, supreme Good, Lord God, living and true.
You are love.
You are wisdom.
You […]
Posted in Reflections on February 4th, 2008 Comments Off
By Scott Wright
Reprinted from the Signs of the Times in the Americas.
Download the complete article (PDF, 135K), which includes the Rev. Martin Luther King’s speech against the Vietnam War delivered at Riverside Church in April 1967, from which Scott drew his inspiration.
It’s time to break the silence over the war in Iraq and take a […]
Posted in Reflections on January 5th, 2008 Comments Off
by Fr. John S. Rausch, Glmy
When the Church beatified Franz Jagerstatter on October 26, 2007, it telegraphed an alternative message to a world too easily provoked to war. Political leaders can get it wrong. An individual’s conscience, formed by an intense and prayerful study of the Gospel, remains the final arbiter of human action.
Jagerstatter, an […]
Posted in Reflections on December 25th, 2007 Comments Off
By Philip Berrigan (Requiescat In Pace)
“The people who walked In darkness have seen a great light; Upon those who dwell In the land of gloom a light has shone. … For the yoke that burdened them. . . . You have smashed. . . . For every boot that tramped in battle, every cloak rolled […]
