Reflections for

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Aug 09, 2015

2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33; Psalm 130; (1 Kings 19:4-8; Psalm 34:1-8;) Ephesians 4:25-5:2; John 6:35, 41-51

Cover Story

Who is communion for?

The debate over the open table

Nov 19, 2012 by Charles Hefling

Offering the elements to the unbaptized can be seen as a development and not a revolution, but it is a significant change. Is it a good one?

Features

Recovering kindness

An urgent virtue in a ruthless world

Oct 18, 2012 by Christine D. Pohl

Kindness overlaps significantly with several of Paul's other "fruit of the spirit." What makes it a distinctive mark of the new creation?

Blogging Toward Sunday

Being healed

Aug 06, 2012 by Audrey West

A few years ago I lost a friend to cancer, barely 12 months after the diagnosis. During her final months she wrapped up business at her job and then went about saying goodbye to those people closest to her. She planned "final" experiences with friends and family—including a magnificent, all-expenses paid vacation with a few closest friends— and prepared herself spiritually by seeking out the rites and rituals of the church that would prepare her to finish her earthly life: renewal of baptism, Holy Communion, anointing.

Living by the Word

Sunday, August 12, 2012

John 6:35, 41–51

Jul 31, 2012 by Audrey West

It is impossible not to think about life and death when there is a hospital bed in the living room. Perhaps this is one reason why hospice teams recommend that the patient’s bed be placed in a public area of the house—so that family and friends must accept the fact that their loved one is dying. It might not happen today or even tomorrow, but this life will end soon.

Features

Prayer is God’s work

Ruth Burrows, Carmelite sister

Mar 22, 2012 by Amy Frykholm

“There is the danger of protecting ourselves from God by striving to be passive. The ‘I’ is very active in its attempt to surrender.”

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