Author: development

Recognizing God in a variety of appearances requires new ways of looking, as the Resurrection stories show us.

At Lent every year the familiar story draws the faithful into a period of resetting our spiritual compass for its true north. The death and resurrection of Jesus pervades prayers and practices for forty days of Lent. While the psalms and readings of the liturgical season call upon the faithful to become penitents, there is…

I had a friend, Anna, whose conversation frequently included the expressions, “Oh, Spirit,” “Help, Spirit,” “Thanks, Spirit.” Her devotion impressed me. Pentecost, the feast of the Holy Spirit, became more important to me as I reflected on the number of times the Spirit is invoked in the Eucharistic liturgy. Occurrences such as “You alone are…

The mighty Easter song of the people of God at the Easter Vigil exults in God’s power.

In the midst of Lent, the feast of the Annunciation reminds us of Mary’s role in the plan of salvation both as the mother of Jesus and as the mother of the faithful of all times.

A season of many messages that unite us.

One morning early in Advent,                I sat in the quiet darkness of my room,                 resisting the lamp switch next to me.                It seemed good                        just to be there,                        waiting, in Advent mode,                        allowing the dark,                        allowing earth’s rhythm,                        claiming, changing nothing,simply aware,one with the universe feeling a peacefulness, a quiet active presence, like the seed in the ground, perhaps. And then, the…