Cenacle Journal
Posted in Cross, Forgiveness, Lent on Apr 4th, 2012
God does not always act in ways that we human beings consider fitting. Consider the Incarnation. God-with-us, Emmanuel, comes as the most vulnerable of creatures: a human fetus; a human newborn dependent on fallible adults for care and protection, and who hasn’t yet learned to control his bodily functions; a small child who must be [...]
Posted in Forgiveness, Grace, Lent on Mar 1st, 2012
What happened when sin entered the world? Did God have to make changes in the divine blueprint? Perhaps God said, “Oops, the perfect world of peace and joy that I had in mind has been messed up, so I guess I’ll have to send Jesus.” Perhaps, as C. S. Lewis puts it, “the Fall took [...]
Posted in Forgiveness, Lent, Mercy on Mar 16th, 2011
Since the bag of groceries I was carrying to the car was heavy, I was in a hurry to put it down. Walking at a brisk clip, I suddenly realized there was a large white car right behind me. Actually I had walked in front of the car, and the driver had managed to avoid [...]
Posted in Forgiveness, Joy, Light, Mercy on Feb 2nd, 2011
The following is by Sister Elizabeth Hillmann. Click for more about or by Sister Elizabeth. – – – – – Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. (Philippians 4:4) – – – – – It was an all day affair. I knew God was looking deeply into the depths of me and [...]
Posted in Forgiveness, Lent on Mar 4th, 2007
How Shall I Go to God? It is with our sins that we go to God, for we have nothing else to go with that we can call our own. This is one of the lessons that we are so slow to learn; yet without learning this we cannot take one right step in that [...]
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