Posted in Holy Spirit, Prayer on May 21st, 2010
COME, HOLY SPIRIT, companion in our waiting wisdom in our unknowing comfort in our grief. Should we be groping in darkness, may it be only your cloud overshadowing us to bring us to birth. Should our hearts shrink in fear, send your tongues of fire to make them bold. And when the familiar has lost [...]
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Posted in Cenacle, Darkness, Light on May 5th, 2010
In our Christian life, we encounter light (see “You Are Light“) – and also darkness. But take note: there is more than one kind of darkness. There is a darkness that is not from God, the darkness of evil and sin. This darkness we want to avoid like the plague. And there is a darkness [...]
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REFLECTIONS ON THE FEAST OF THE CENACLE [The following was presented as a talk at Saint Augustine Parish in Gainesville, Florida. For an abbreviated version, see "Waiting in the Cenacle."] Printer-friendly version After the Ascension and before Pentecost, there is another mystery worthy of honor, but which most of us just pass right over on [...]
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