Category: Roman Catholic
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Mirror Image of Faith: A Reflection
This essay explores the spiritual symbolism of mirrors and light, connecting reflections on biblical references to the spiritual experience of seeing God’s presence. It emphasizes the importance of light in perception and faith, suggesting that understanding oneself involves vulnerability. Ultimately, it highlights the promise of a deeper knowledge of God…
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Embodied Experience: An Incarnational Ministry of Presence
As a hospital Chaplain I have encountered patients and families facing end-of-life care decisions on a number of occasions. One of my earliest experiences stands out as formative, partly because my mom had recently passed away while under home hospice care. We can never know precisely what others are going…
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In Memoriam: We Remember
Saint Michael, watch over us during life, defend us against the assaults of the demon, and assist us especially at the hour of death. Help us achieve the happiness of beholding God face to face for all eternity. Amen
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Light Of The World
After a rainy winter where we live, the sunshine lately has been most welcome – a reminder that in the beginning creation was formless, empty and dark … and then there was light. (Genesis 1:1-3) What is it about light that is so life-giving, and a source of re-creation?
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The Divine Call for Mercy
This coming Sunday is called Divine Mercy Sunday in the Roman Catholic Church. For Catholics, the Divine Mercy has several related manifestations with the theme of mercy and forgiveness at the heart of the Divine Mercy message – in that message lies hope for a hurting world…
