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reflection

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 05.25.14

Liturgy The Word you spoke, and keep speaking, O God, is the life, the sustenance, of all that is – seen and unseen. The Life you gave, and keep giving, O Christ, is the recreation, the renewed birth of every broken, wounded and sinful creature. The breath you breathed, and keep breathing, O Spirit, is the inspiration for creativity, compassion […]

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 05.18.14

Liturgy We are not eye-witnesses to an event, as were Mary and the disciples; we have not journeyed through a dangerous city to seek answers or consolation; we have not seen angels gathering at the rim of this day, or wept in the garden this morning because we could not find Him. But we are here to attest to a […]

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 05.11.14

Liturgy Sisters and brothers,
this is the joyful gathering of the people of God,
a table prepared for us in the presence of enemies and hardships,
a banquet of love in the face of hatred. Here God’s love for us overflows,
and here we find the depth of his kindness and mercy
as we share this strange and wonderful feast in God’s house. Let us […]

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 05.04.14

Liturgy We believe in God, who speaks through the prophets and lifts our gaze up to high and beautiful paths and peaks. We believe in Christ Jesus, free of corruption yet willingly numbered among the sinners, baptized in the waters of the Jordan. We believe in the Spirit, who rested on Jesus like a dove, and inspired him with such […]

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 04.27.14

Liturgy Christ Jesus, we come into your presence from many different places. We come with songs of joy and shouts of gratitude. We come carrying heavy burdens and sighs of suffering. As you welcome us into your house, lift our burdens and receive our praise. Bind us together, that we may be at peace with one another and be strengthened […]

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 04.20.14

Liturgy Morn’s glitt’ring ray adorns the sky, heaven thunders forth its victory cry, the glad earth shouts its triumph high, and groaning hell makes wild reply: While Christ, the king of glorious might, treads down death’s strength in death’s despite, and, trampling hell by victor’s right, brings forth Christ’s sleeping saints to light. Entombed behind the stone of late, securely […]

Liturgy Reflection & Benediction 04.13.14

Liturgy In the sun which banishes the shadows, in the birds who chorale us awake: it was you, Creation’s Joy, leading us into this new day. In the touch, healing long-grasped grudges, in the laughter of children which nudges us into hope: it is you, Emmanuel, God with us, who walks each step of the way with us. In the […]