Spiritual

March 29, 2022 Our readings today echo the theme of yesterday—newness. From the prophet Ezekiel we hear about water in astounding abundance flowing from the temple (God). All along this life-giving stream are animals and fruit-bearing trees of every kind. There is so much water that it freshens the salty sea. All is made new […]

March 28, 2022 Did you know that God delights in you? We were created to be a delight! If we think about that for a bit, the first thought is, “Wow, that’s wonderful!” The second thought is, “Do I believe that and live like I am the delight of God’s eye?” Today, the prophet Isaiah

March27, 2022 In my mind the readings today are about how fruitful we are. In the passage from Joshua, for the first time in forty years, the Israelites are not eating manna. Instead, they are eating what they have produced. They have been weaned, if you will. In Psalm 34 they extol the Lord for

March 26, 2022 One of the loveliest books of the Bible is Hosea from which today’s first reading comes. The prophet assures us that God will come to us “like the rain, like spring rain that waters the earth.” For those of you who are gardeners or know farm life, this is a metaphor that

March 25, 2022. The Annunciation of the Lord Two years ago, my parish offered a special tribute to Mary on Mother’s Day. I wrote this meditation on the Annunciation for that tribute. Today I offer it to you on this great feast day. Enjoy. Annunciation The day began like any other day. There was nothing

March 24, 2022 One of the most beautiful lines in all of sacred scripture is found in today’s reading from the prophet Jeremiah, “I will be your God and you shall be my people.” I find that to be so … well, it is hard to put into words. Maybe “comforting” works, maybe “thrilling”, “wonderful”,

March 23, 2022 ‘What nation has such great laws and is so close to their God?’ is a paraphrase of the first reading from Deuteronomy. ‘They must be a wise and intelligent nation’ is what others will say of the Israelites, Moses promises them, if they follow the statutes given to them. Even Jesus in

March 22, 2022 When I have nothing to offer to God except for my humble prayers for mercy, then I think I am getting closer to what God wants from me. God wants me. God longs for me. God longs for you, too. Kind of catches one up short, doesn’t it? Azariah, in the excerpt

Monday March 22, 2022 We had the image of sentinels waiting for the dawn earlier this Lent. Today the Psalmist longs for God the way a deer longs for running streams. We cannot live without water anymore that we can live without God. Some translations say the hart pants for water. Think of how after

Sunday March 20, 2022 I had an interesting thought while looking at the reading for today. In the excerpt from Exodus, Moses is called by God to deliver the Israelites from enslavement in Egypt. God identifies himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and pronounces that his name is I AM. If we