Cenacle Journal
Posted in Cross, Prayer, Prayers, Suffering, Weakness, Power on Sep 8th, 2010
“Anima Christi” – 5 (1. Soul of Christ, sanctify me.) (2. Body of Christ, save me.) (3. Blood of Christ, inebriate me.) (4. Water from the side of Christ, wash me.) – – – – – Passion of Christ, strengthen me. Passio Christi, conforta me. Jesus, may your crucifixion, emblem not only of self-giving, but [...]
Posted in Cross, Lent, Weakness, Power on Mar 25th, 2010
One of our problems with God is that we have expectations as to how God should work — as to what is proper for divinity. And God often doesn’t accommodate our expectations. We know this first from our Jewish heritage, which bequeaths to us the tradition that when God acts, things happen that are out [...]
In the winter, when I go into the bathroom, I am covered with rainbows. On the wall of our upstairs bathroom hangs a mirrored and faceted cross, a gift from John and Linda, my brother and sister-in-law. Now before you tell me that the bathroom is a strange place to hang the cross, I want [...]
Posted in Cross, Death, Easter, Resurrection on Apr 4th, 2008
After the Resurrection, Jesus appeared to his disciples with his wounds, not with his body miraculously restored, as if he had never been wounded (which of course is the way we would usually like our own wounds to be healed – in such a way that we have no bodily or spiritual scars). I would [...]
I have just ordered a copy of Gerald Vann’s The Pain of Christ and the Sorrow of God, a small spiritual classic published in 1947; but Amazon.com can’t promise delivery for another month or month and a half. I am eager to get hold of this little book because of a sentence that has stayed [...]
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