Be open to God doing many, many, many extraordinary things in ordinary ways in our lives!
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God’s ‘wrath’ and ‘jealousy’ cries out for something much more deeper
The sacredness of the temple becomes a sign of the sacredness of the “temple” — our body — in which grace and Spirit and God reside.
Continue readingOur Lenten journey should be deeply interwoven into the rhythms of our lives
Let our offering be as precious as Abraham’s as we offer up to God what is most precious to us: our control and our desire to have life only as we would want it.
Continue readingThe word made flesh has been baptized, seared into our hearts, souls
Let those who have eyes let them see. Let those who have ears let the hear. Let those who have hearts, let them know the Lord!
Continue readingLent means going into the desert and letting go
It is precisely in our nakedness and emptiness, weariness and loneliness that we most find our God.
Continue readingLent is a road map guiding us back to God
So this Lent it is all right and very proper to have our own “gypsy feet,” as long as the wandering is a wandering back to God.
Continue readingMore than ever, we need to hear Jesus speak
We need his healing touch. We need his promise of the kingdom. We need our hungers and thirsts (deep within our individual and collective spirits) satisfied.
Continue readingSin is a part of life, but Christ sets us free
By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor A reflection on the daily readings by Father Perry for Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time. + “Eat it. Your eyes will be opened. You will be like gods.” That was the […]
Continue readingGod knows what is just right — if only we would accept it
By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor A reflection on the daily readings by Father Perry for Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time. + In the story of the three bears, Goldilocks grows tired and goes to lie down […]
Continue readingBiblical stories are meant to open us to the underlying reasons for sin
See what happens when we stop listening to God — in creation, and in the very center of our souls and lives.
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