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2023 Newsletters
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
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
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
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,…”
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?
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 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 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
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
2019 Newsletters
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 22, 2019: Prayer in Action
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
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