Easter Surpri#š±ā„ļøā„ļøā„ļø
Sunday, June 2nd, 2019 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Easter Surpri#š±ā„ļøā„ļøā„ļøThese days Christians start to wrap up the Easter season. We probably canāt imagine a year without Easter. But if we can imagine a world in which there were no Easter, we might get a glimpse of how remarkable, even ...
Easter Comfort
Thursday, May 11th, 2017 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Easter ComfortHaving recently passed the midway mark of the Easter season we might want to pay attention to an aspect of the Resurrection that St. Ignatius Loyola highlights. He says that the Risen Christ acts as a consoler to his disciples ...
Receiving Easter
Sunday, April 9th, 2017 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Receiving EasterThis is the time of year for celebrating Easter, but it is also the time for āreceivingā Easter. And, while it may not be the usual way we talk about it, the idea of receiving Easter can offer a different ...
Easter Present
Thursday, April 16th, 2015 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Easter PresentāChristmasā and āpresentsā are two words that seem to just naturally go together, but āEaster presentsā sounds a little odd. Still, if you stop to think about it, Easter celebrates an extraordinary present --- the Resurrection. At Easter, we remember ...
Where Is the One We Seek: Second Week
Sunday, April 27th, 2014 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Where Is the One We Seek: Second WeekThe gospel for the second Sunday of Easter is the story of Jesusā appearance to his followers on Easter night. Though they were hiding behind locked doors, Jesus appeared, wishing them peace, breathing the Holy Spirit on them, and entrusting ...