Posts Tagged ‘suffering’
Second Sunday of Easter: Community Organizing
Lectionary Readings: Acts 5: 12-16. A third portrait (see “A” and “B “ Cycles for the other two) describing the life of the early church. The power of healing is prominent in this account. Revelations 1: 9-13, 17-19. John is called to write down his visions by Christ, the Son of Man, once dead and ... Read more
An Immigrant’s Cross
The issue of immigration is presently resurfacing as a legislative priority within Congress. Congress will again attempt to create a Comprehensive Immigration Reform policy. The reason that Congress and the American public wants to address this issue is because immigration into this country is a reality that poses an economic and social problem. Immigration into this country has continued ... Read more
Why Does God Allow Evil to Happen?
Last week a powerful 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti. It flattened the already poor nation, hundreds of thousands have died and now the survivors are undergoing every form of suffering imaginable. Many Nations, businesses and organizations are responding to this crisis. In the last few blogs we have shared with you how the Passionists are responding ... Read more
Third Sunday of Ordinary Time
Readings: Nehemiah 8:2-6, 8-10. Ezra reads and explains the Torah to all the people. While the people were weeping, he told them that “rejoicing in the Lord must be your strength!” 1 Corinthian 12: 12-30. Just as the body is one, but has many members… so it is with Christ. Each member has need of ... Read more
In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged bible, Ezra, interpretation, Luke, Nehemiah. Corinthians, suffering, unity
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 ... Read more
27 Sunday of Ordinary Time
Readings: Genesis 2:18-24. The creation of man and woman, their vocation to become two in one flesh and to be suitable partners for each other. Hebrew 2:9-11. Jesus is perfected through suffering and tastes death for all. So, he is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters. Mark 10:2-16. Jesus prohibits divorce and remarriage ... Read more
XIX Sunday In Ordinary Time
Readings: 1 Kings 19:4-8 Ephesians 4:30—5:2 John 6:41-51 Thoughts For Your Consideration: by Hugo Esparza, CP During one of the hardest nights of my work with taxi-drivers last year, I sat discouraged, hopeless and exhausted with my team of organizers. The group of primarily East-African and Middle-Eastern, Muslim, Cab-drivers had decided to go on strike ... Read more
A Passionist view on Healthcare
During this summer Congress and the administration is again considering the fundamental question of universal healthcare for our nation. Within the Catholic American community there are many blogs and editorials with such divergent positions on this subject that at the level of being a single religious community it is almost impossible to say what our ... Read more
Easter Message, 2009
Pope Benedict XVI has consistently written on the topic of Hope within the Christian/Catholic context. His recent encyclical “Spe Salvi” is devoted to this topic and here I will offer this one excerpt from the text which in my opinion summarizes his thesis. The Christian faith has shown us that truth, justice and love are ... 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 ... Read more
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