Posts Tagged ‘human dignity’
Vigil At Deportation Center
“Show me what democracy looks like, this is what democracy looks like”, this was chanted by workers, organizers, clergy and youth as they were being arrested for blocking a van that was transporting undocumented immigrants from Broadview’s Detention Center to Chicago’s O’Hare Airport to be deported. The preparation for this civil disobedience action began the ... Read more
Passionist Spirituality on Human Dignity and Rights
By Fr. Kevin Dance, CP Khalil Gibran’s ‘Prophet’, when asked to speak about pain, says: “Pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break so that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain” Awakening to the terrible reality of human ... Read more
XV Sunday of Ordinary Time
Readings: Am 7:12-15 Eph 1:3-10 Mk 6:7-13 Thoughts for your consideration: Our environment conditions us. This was one of the best piece of advise that I received as a student, and one that I have taken quite seriously in my involvement with organizations that seek justice in oppressed communities. The environment will dictate my awareness and most of my ... Read more
XIV Sunday of Ordinary Time
Readings: Ezekiel 2:2-5 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 Mark 6:1-6 Thoughts for your consideration: As part of my ministry I have been volunteering at a local non-profit that educates and advocates for and with low-wage workers. My role has been primarily of organizing local labor rights workshops in different parts of the city and assisting in cases of labor-law abuses. For one ... Read more
Good Friday
Readings: Isaiah 52:13–53:12 Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 John 18:1–19:42 Quote: Jesus’ death on the cross was a death in the cause of justice. He was executed because he challenged accepted values. He sided with the poor and the outcasts. He condemned oppressive structures. Jesus was a prophet and prophets meet strong opposition. His cross reminds us that Christians must listen to ... Read more
Lectionary Reflection: Palm Sunday
Readings: Gospel for the Procession of Palms: Mark 11:1-10 or John 12:12-16 Isaiah 50:4-7 Philippians 2:6-11 Mark 14:1–15:47 or Mark 15:1-39 Thoughts for Your Consideration: by John Gonzalez, CPP This week we celebrate Palm Sunday. As I read the lectionary readings I am struck by the following line from Paul’s letter to the Philippians: “Christ Jesus, who, though he was ... Read more
Lectionary Reflection for February 1, 2009
Readings: Deuteronomy 18:15-20 1 Corinthians 7:32-35 Mark 1:21-28 Thoughts for your consideration: This week God is asking us for our undivided attention. God offers the post-exilic Jewish community an ongoing prophetic tradition. However he warns them that a prophet is not infallible. If the prophet is committed to God alone then his prophesies will be credible and true. Any prophet ... Read more
Lectionary Reflection for January 18, 2009
Readings: 1 Samuel 3:3-10, 19 1 Corinthians 6:13-15, 17-20 John 1:35-42 Thoughts for Your Consideration: This week’s readings offer us two interrelated themes: the call and the temple. The first reading sets these two themes together with Samuel’s experience of being called while he is serving in the temple. Samuel’s experience seems unique but in some ways it reflects something ... Read more
In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Call, Christian, Corinthians, God, Good News, human dignity, Integrity of Creation, Jesus, John, justice, Paul, Peace, prophet, Samuel, suffering, Temple
January 11, 2009
Lectionary Readings for January 11, 2009: Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7 or Isaiah 55:1-11 Acts 10:34-38 or 1 John 5:1-9 Mark 1:7-11 Thoughts for Your Consideration: This week’s readings center us on the wondrous event that took place when Jesus was baptized by John. In the Gospel reading by Mark we notice that the highlight is not so much the physical baptism ... Read more
In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Baptism, Christian, God, Holy Spirit, human dignity, Isaiah, Jesus, justice, Mark, Peace, Peter
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