Cenacle Journal
Posted in Glory, Lent, Mindfulness, Mystery, Resurrection, Transformation on Mar 10th, 2009
In his homily on Sunday, Father Jose Mesa pointed out that the Transfiguration of Jesus prepares us less for the Crucifixion than it does for the Resurrection. In both Matthew and Mark we read that Jesus cautions Peter, James, and John, who were witnesses to this manifestation of Jesus’ glory, not to tell anyone about [...]
We may think of the Liturgical Year as a circle, going round and round, from Advent to Christmas to Epiphany to ordinary time to Lent, to Easter, etcetera, etcetera, and then starting all over again. We read in the book of Ecclesiastes:
What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will [...]
Before we moved into this house several years ago, the former owner warned us that there would be a lot of trick-or-treaters. In fact, “a lot” turned out to be an understatement, since the first year we counted almost two hundred. As the evening wore on we were scrambling about the pantry. searching [...]
Posted in Glory, Union with God on May 25th, 2005
I have just finished reading Marilynne Robinson’s remarkable novel, Gilead, which recently won the Pulitzer prize. Very near the end of the book the narrator, an elderly preacher composing a long letter for his young son to read after his death, writes:
I love the prairie! So often I have seen the dawn come [...]
Posted in Glory, Transformation, Weakness, Power on Apr 29th, 2005
My brother and I have been sorting through our parents’ stacks of photographs. They fill an old trunk to the brim, so we agreed on a couple of ground rules: that we would bravely discard more pictures than we would keep; and that any pictures of unidentifiable babies would be thrown out.
Deep in the [...]
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