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2023 Newsletters

December 19, 2023: Doing God’s Will

December 12, 2023: Rejoice, the Lord is Near

December 5, 2023: Prepare the way of the Lord

November 28, 2023: Why, O Lord, do you let our hearts harden?

November 21, 2023: What is mercy?

November 14, 2023: Sleepers Awake!

November 7, 2023: Stay Awake and Be Ready!

October 31, 2023: “The greatest among you must be your servant”

October 24, 2023: Seeking a Christ-like Response to the Ugliness of War

October 17, 2023: Repaying to God what Belongs to God

October 10, 2023: Accepting God’s Gracious Invitation of Salvation

October 3, 2023: In the Vineyard of the Lord

September 26, 2023: Are we still at Massah & Meribah, testing & quarreling with God?

September 19, 2023: Fairness or Justice?

September 12, 2023: Who Will Speak For the Earth?

September 5, 2023: Love is the Fulfillment of the Law

August 28, 2023: Renewing the Mind During Season of Creation

August 21, 2023: Church in a Time of “Unchurching”

August 14, 2023: Transformative Faith

August 7, 2023: Courage in the storms

July 31, 2023: Witnessing to the Divine

July 24, 2023: Did I find my treasure?

July 17, 2023: Turning the World Upside Down

July 10, 2023: What is the condition of my heart?

July 3, 2023: When Foolishness = Wisdom

June 26, 2023: Doing the Will of God

June 19, 2023: The Holy Spirit brings a Bold Spirit of Truth to Power!

June 12, 2023: Discipleship Demands

June 5, 2023: Transformative Power of Corpus Christi

May 29, 2023: God so loved the world…

May 22, 2023: The Ever-Present Holy Spirit

May 15, 2023: Reflection on the Feast of Christ’s Ascension

May 8, 2023: Love is as Love Does

May 1, 2023: Faith and Works

April 24, 2023: Living an Abundant Life

April 17, 2023: Encountering the “other”

April 10, 2023: “Peace be with you”

April 3, 2023: Easter People Sing Alleluia in Darkness

March 27, 2023: Two Very Different Processions

March 20, 2023: “Untie him and set him free.”

March 13, 2023: Seeing into Hearts Creates New Vision

March 6, 2023: In Search of Living Water

February 27, 2023: Up and Down the Mountain

February 20, 2023: Fasting for Justice

February 13, 2023: Pray for those who persecute you

February 6, 2023: Embrace the Beauty in the Broken

January 30, 2023: Use Your Voice

January 23, 2023: Called to Unite

January 16, 2023: Special Reflection: Bishop Stowe’s Address at Interfaith Vigil

January 9, 2023: My Choice or God’s Choice?

January 2, 2023: Go by another way

2022 Newsletters

December 26, 2022: A Mother’s Concern

December 19, 2022: The Shepherds of Today

December 12, 2022: “Do not be afraid!”

December 5, 2022: Tapping into the Joy of the Lord

November 28, 2022: Paradox of the Promise

November 21, 2022: What does humility mean?

November 14, 2022: Reflections of Christ

November 7, 2022: Intimate Trust

October 31, 2022: Reflection on Receiving the Franciscan Vision Award

October 24, 2022: A Moment of Holy Curiosity

October 17, 2022: The Difficult Virtue of Humility

October 10, 2022: Who are your Aaron and Hur?

October 3, 2022: Precious Passing

September 26, 2022: Write Down the Vision

September 19, 2022: Called to be God’s People…All of Us

September 12, 2022: Seeing the Divine in Those Made Poor

September 5, 2022: God Never Tires of Us

August 29, 2022: The Cost of Discipleship…and the Return

August 22, 2022: The Virtue of Humility

August 15, 2022: Where Is Home?

August 8, 2022: A good, healthy kind of division

August 1, 2022: What is Your Passion?

July 25, 2022: What shall I do with my abundance?

July 18, 2022: Persistent Prayer

July 11, 2022: Recognizing God’s Presence Among Us

July 5, 2022: Our Capacity to Love Expands

June 27, 2022: Proclaiming the Truth of the Gospel

June 20, 2022: Are we fit for the Kingdom of Heaven?

June 13, 2022: Sharing the Loaves and Fishes

June 6, 2022: Dear Holy Trinity…

May 30, 2022: Jesus Keeps His Promise

May 23, 2022: May We All Be One

May 16, 2022: Join our Community of Franciscan Hearts

May 9, 2022: The Transforming Power of Love

May 2, 2022: Listening to and recognizing our Shepherd

April 25, 2022: A choice to make

April 18, 2022: Peace Be with You. Receive the Holy Spirit

April 11, 2022: Why Do You Seek the Living among the Dead?

April 4, 2022: Cry Out for the Reign of God’s Justice

March 28, 2022: The Challenge of Rationality and Grasping at Infinity

March 21, 2022: Welcome with Forgiveness and Love

March 14, 2022: Repent and Believe the Good News

March 7, 2022: Speechless in Confronting the Profound

February 28, 2022: No Leapfrogging Over Lent

February 21, 2022: The fruit of a tree shows the care it has had

February 14, 2022: Love Your Enemies?

February 7, 2022: Trust and Hope in the Lord

January 31, 2022: God Fills our Fishing Nets

January 24, 2022: Balm for the Soul of the Weary

January 17, 2022: Proclamations

January 10, 2022: All of us are Married

January 3, 2022: Ready for Ordinary Time?

2021 Newsletters

December 27, 2021: Christ Born for All People

December 20, 2021: Many Different Definitions of “Family”

December 13, 2021: Old Stories Ever New

December 6, 2021: Challenge and Joy in a Rosy Dawn

November 29, 2021: Joyful Expectation

November 22, 2021: Keep Hope Alive

November 15, 2021: Celebrating Christ the King

November 8, 2021: Living with faith and not fear

November 1, 2021: Give of Yourself and Your Need

October 25, 2021: With all your Heart

October 18, 2021: The Lord Gives and the Lord Takes Away – Bless the Lord!

October 11, 2021: It’s Okay to Be Human

October 4, 2021: Contemplating God

September 27, 2021: Family Life and Public Policy

September 20, 2021: Our Calling to be Prophets of Hope

September 13, 2021: Caught Arguing

September 6, 2021: “Who do you say I am?”

August 30, 2021: Honor God by Committing Acts of Love

August 23, 2021: Be Doers of the Word, Not only Hearers

August 16, 2021: When Roads Diverge

August 9, 2021: For with God, NOTHING is impossible!

August 2, 2021: To Trust is to Have Faith

July 26, 2021: Manna from Heaven isn’t good enough for me

July 19, 2021: Unity Through the Bond of Peace

July 12, 2021: Gathering Together and Sharing

July 5, 2021: Being Special in Ordinary Time

June 28, 2021: Prophetic or prudential action?

June 21, 2021: “Little girl, I say to you, arise!”

June 14, 2021: “Do you not have Faith?”

June 7, 2021: Signs of the Kingdom of God

May 31, 2021: A Divine Gift Offered Unconditionally

May 24, 2021: It’s All About Community

May 17, 2021: Choose Your Image

May 10, 2021: “These signs will accompany those who believe,…”

May 3, 2021: Love is of God

April 26, 2021: Remain…

April 19, 2021: The Good Shepherd

April 12, 2021: Opening Our Minds to Christ

April 5, 2021: We also are sent out

March 29, 2021: Clear out the Old Yeast

March 22, 2021: Nails Not Needed

March 15, 2021: Struggling with Christian Morality

March 8, 2021: Rejoice! Because God so Loved the World

​March 1, 2021: God is the Center of Our Lives

February 22, 2021: The Hill We Climb

February 15, 2021: Living out the Covenant with God and All Creation

February 8, 2021: Seek the Common Good

February 1, 2021: He drove out many demons

January 25, 2021: If Today You Hear His Voice

January 18, 2021: The Listening Lifestyle

January 11, 2021: Can We Hear God Through the Riotous Noise?

January 4, 2021: Let Us Stir Up Hope

2020 Newsletters

December 28, 2020: EPIPHANY and epiphanies

December 21, 2020: Trustworthiness, The Bond of a Good Person

December 14, 2020: “Nothing is impossible for God”

December 7, 2020: Let Us be the Voices for Justice

November 30, 2020: God is our Constant Hope

November 23, 2020: Blessed Hope

November 16, 2020: Whatever you Do to the Least of These…

November 9, 2020: Using our Gifts: Reward or Burden?

November 2, 2020: Walking in Holy Wisdom

October 26, 2020: “These are they who have come out of the great ordeal.”

October 19, 2020: Love of God and Neighbor

October 12, 2020: What Belongs to God?

October 5, 2020: Let Go and Let God: Prophetic Witness, Action, and Thomas Merton

September 28, 2020: Do What is Yours to Do in 2020

September 21, 2020: Watch What They Do, Not What They Say

September 14, 2020: Turn to the Lord for Mercy

September 7, 2020: Limiting Negativity in Favor of Compassion

August 31, 2020: Watchmen/Women 2020

August 24, 2020: Called to Hope and Transformation

August 17, 2020: Creating Heaven on Earth

August 10, 2020: The Power of Faith and Perseverance

August 3, 2020: Do You Hear God Whispering?

July 27, 2020: The Hidden Epidemic of Hunger

July 20, 2020: Conforming to the Image of Christ

July 13, 2020: Whoever has ears ought to hear

July 6, 2020: How Does Your Garden Grow?

June 29, 2020: Learn From Me

June 22, 2020: Can you love Jesus more than all else?

June 15, 2020: Spreading the Message of God to Those with Hardened Ears and Hearts

June 8, 2020: We are Eucharistic People!

June 1, 2020: Mend your Ways, Encourage one Another

May 25, 2020: With the Holy Spirit, Nothing is Impossible

May 18, 2020: Jesus Sends us Forth with the Help of the Holy Spirit

May 11, 2020: If You Love Me

May 4, 2020: God’s Many Dwelling Places

April 27, 2020: Overcoming of Self to Be Like Sheep

April 20, 2020: Open Our Eyes to Recognize You

April 13, 2020: Mercy in the Time of COVID-19

April 6, 2020: Jesus Saves

March 30, 2020: No, God has not abandoned us

March 23, 2020: “See how he loved him”

March 16, 2020: I have come…so that the blind shall see

March 9, 2020: Water and Living Water

March 2, 2020: The Challenge to Come Down from the Mountain

February 24, 2020: Who decides what is good and what is evil?

February 17, 2020: Claim Your Holiness!

February 10, 2020: Embracing the Broken by Letting Go

February 3, 2020: “A city set upon a mountain cannot be hidden”

January 27, 2020: Anticipation and Expectation

January 20, 2020: Called by Jesus to the Peripheries

January 13, 2020: The Measure of Being Pro-Life

January 6, 2020: An End and A Beginning 

2019 Newsletters

December 30, 2019: Bringing Light to All People

December 23, 2019: See How They Love One Another

December 16, 2019: Prepare for a New Heaven

December 9, 2019: Living with Hope in the Wilderness

December 2, 2019: Finding Acceptance in a World of Opposites

November 25, 2019: The Holy Family Were Refugees

November 18, 2019: Honoring both Jesus and Christ as King

November 11, 2019: Holy Grace will Prevail

November 4, 2019: Gospel Endurance

October 28, 2019: The Greatness of the Lord is Mercy on All

October 21, 2019: The Lord Hears the Cry of the Poor. Do We?

October 14, 2019: Lift up those weary arms!

October 7, 2019: Arrested for Christ

September 30, 2019: Standing Firm in Faith Despite Adversity

September 23, 2019: Who is on Our Doorstep?

September 16, 2019: “You can not serve both God and…”

September 9, 2019: Are We a Stiff-Necked People?

September 2, 2019: How Can We Co-Create Our World?

August 26, 2019: Am I Meek and Humble of Heart?

August 19, 2019: What is Good News?

August 12, 2019: I Have Come to Set the Earth on Fire

August 5, 2019: Where Is My Treasure?

July 29, 2019: You Fool…

July 22, 2019: Prayer in Action

July 15, 2019: I Choose Both

July 8, 2019: Will you See the Image and Likeness of God?

July 1, 2019: Is this the Kingdom Jesus Had in Mind?

June 24, 2019: I will follow you wherever you go

June 17, 2019: Corpus Christi: “Could be…”

June  10, 2019: Global Solidarity: A Web of Relationships

June 4, 2019: Empowered by the Holy Spirit

May 27, 2019: Embracing the Call to Witness Love

May 20, 2019: God’s Gift to All

May 13, 2019: Creating a New Earth

May 6, 2019: God: The Shepherd of All

April 29, 2019: “I am going fishing.”

April 22, 2019: “Blessed are they who have not seen and yet have come to believe”

April 15, 2019: From Darkness to Light, From Death to New Life!

April 1, 2019: Doing Something New

March 25, 2019: Discovering God’s Lost and Found

March 18, 2019: God is in the Journey

March 11, 2019: Welcome All Strangers as Family

March 4, 2019: Conversion from the Good to the Better

February 25, 2019: From Heart to Tongue to Action

February 18, 2019: There but for the Grace of God…

February 11, 2019: Beatitudes: A Road Map for Christian Life

February 4, 2019: Here I Am Lord

January 28, 2019: Challenged to Follow Jesus

January 21, 2019: The Word and the Body

January 14, 2019: For Whom Will You Not Be Silent?

January 7, 2019: Expectation or Exasperation?

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