Cenacle Journal
Posted in Lent, Mercy, Weakness, Power on Mar 10th, 2010
Spring is the season when the live oaks drop last year’s leaves as the new ones begin to come in. This means that we have huge quantities of leaves in the yard, at the same time that quantities of golden tree pollen settle on cars and everything else.
So I was in the yard, wielding [...]
Posted in Union with God, Weakness, Power on Jun 1st, 2009
Stanley Fish, in a recent New York Times column, tackles those he calls the “schoolyard atheists” who insist that religion is either irrelevant or harmful – and in either case, false. He does this in the context of a reflection on Terry Eagleton’s book, Reason, Faith and Revolution.
When Christopher Hitchens declares that given the emergence [...]
Posted in On the Road, Presence, Trust, Weakness, Power on Mar 18th, 2008
“I suppose she’s intelligent enough…”
The voice I overheard was talking about me.
“…but she couldn’t even find St. John’s Mercy Hospital.”
I recognized the speaker, as I had given her an ill-fated ride the day before. And yes, it’s true, I have what seems to be a genetic propensity for getting lost. At [...]
Posted in Love, Weakness, Power on May 20th, 2005
The Christian faith calls us to love both our friends and our enemies. We are to love others, whether or not they are people we like and who like us. What a call this is! How can I love this way, when my own heart is so divided, when I am so weak and selfish [...]
Posted in Lent, Weakness, Power on May 20th, 2005
A number of years ago, one of our older sisters was telling me how grateful she was. “I’m even thankful for my sins,” she said, “because I can see the good that God has brought out of them.” I was surprised, to say the least, since I was far from thankful either for my own [...]
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