Isaiah 60:1-3 (from the 1st Reading for The Epiphany of the Lord) Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem! Your light has come,the glory of the Lord shines upon you. See, darkness covers the earth,and thick clouds cover the peoples;but upon you the LORD shines,and over you appears his glory. Nations shall walk by your light,and kings byContinue reading “The Holy Spirit and the Idea of Easter”
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A Personal Liturgy of the Hours: Penance
Introduction:The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.-Amen. God, come to my assistance:-Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:— as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Hymn: Seek Ye First Seek ye first theContinue reading “A Personal Liturgy of the Hours: Penance”
The Canticle of the Creatures: Creation as Revelation of God
The Major Legend of Saint Francis by St. Bonaventure, Chapter Nine: Aroused by everything to divine love, he rejoiced in all the works of the Lord’s hands and through their delightful display he rose into their life-giving reason and cause. In beautiful things he contuited Beauty itself and through the footprints impressed in things heContinue reading “The Canticle of the Creatures: Creation as Revelation of God”
Leisure as Opposition to the World
The relationship between Poverty, Penance, and the “world” is a common theme in most of the reflections I write. Whenever I need to define either Poverty or Penance, I invariably do so in reference to the word “world.” I like to suggest that in the Franciscan charism the core practice of both Poverty and PenanceContinue reading “Leisure as Opposition to the World”
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