From the Sermon on the Mount, the fulfillment standard is not simply a more rigorous avoidance of the bad or
Today, the Trinity Choir offers us Maurice Durufle’s incomparable Requiem mass. “Requiem” is the Latin word for “rest.” It recalls
It’s a miracle that any of us have found our way here. Consider the impossible many circumstances, chances, choices that
We are all hungry in this world, how do we respond to the invitations we receive? Where do we respond
We have been invited to join the work of God, whose promises are good, and true, and unabashedly full of
Late in her career O’Connor reflected that she was an author ‘with certain preoccupations,’ namely ‘that belief in Christ is
Both the prophetic context of our theme and its echo later in the Gospel call us Trinitarians to become –
When the world feels like it is falling apart, where do you see hope? Where do you see the fractures
If I’m honest, more than once I have prayed: “Lord, please lead me, but please don’t lead me there.” And
The Confession of Peter is our reminder that when we believe we have figured it out, when we believe we
How often do we miss the point because we are trapped in our own perspective? How often do we dismiss
No matter or situation or status, we identify ourselves as the hungry Jesus has come to feed – the captives
While we find ourselves traveling this way of faith, no matter where we are, God is there with us and
God doesn’t live in an easily-parsed B-movie world, type casting each of us into either hero or villain roles. God
We don’t choose the Kingdom of Heaven because it’s easier or softer. We choose it because every other kingdom buckles
"… As members of Christ’s Body, we can 'strive for justice and peace among all people,' first to inaugurate Beloved
There is a reluctance in our transactional culture to accept hospitality and grace we believe we have neither earned nor
The message is loud and clear: there is no summer vacation when it comes to grafting new members into the
It is the lifelong unlearning of existential scorekeeping—modeled after our God who delights not in ticking off the boxes of
God takes up another approach to restore creation’s blessing and chooses one people to reveal what was and remains intended
One of the twelve leans against the wall and rolls between his fingers a Cadbury egg’s foil wrapper left in
The mystery we encounter in the Ascension is not that Jesus leaves us. The mystery is that Jesus, who we
Unfortunately, the first apostles get very little ink in scripture . . . very little portrayal in our iconography, and
Whether we want Jesus to note where we are located at any given moment is another thing altogether; it reminds
Jesus learns of all this carrying on, and he seeks out the man he gave sight. Note this reversal: Jesus
This simple act of invitation is revolutionary to say this to another person, to stay with me. There is space
In the Gospel of John, the Church doesn’t have to wait for the Spirit, as if it were the third