Posts Tagged ‘Scriptures’

Mid-Lent Call: Get Back on the Way

I recently spoke on a Friday night at a parish Stations of the Cross. The title of the Lenten series is “The Way Walkers.” I love the image of being a “way walker”—one who walks in the Way of Jesus.   St. Paul, before his conversion, took prisoners who “belonged to ...Read More

What Is Mercy?

The Hebrew word hesed is often translated as “mercy.” But “mercy” as commonly understood today does not do justice to the richness and depth of meaning of hesed.   A fuller translation of hesed would encompass concepts such as trustworthy, loving, powerful, steadfast, loyal. This is a fuller sense of God’s loving ...Read More

This Lent, Choose the Road Less Traveled By

Spiritual writers speak of becoming holy as “willing the one thing.” For me, this means being focused on God’s will and way and not my own. God’s will is always for us to choose the most loving and compassionate way which is often the most difficult one. Acts of self-denial ...Read More

Saint Mark the Evangelist

The Bible is filled with towering figures whose names are known around the world: Abraham, Moses, Solomon, John the Baptist, Esther, Ruth, Mary.   But in the stories about these familiar men and women, unnamed personalities flit in and out, such as the man who told Joseph where his brothers were ...Read More