Dead to the World
Reflection on the gospel for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time To be alive to God, one has to be dead to the world. This is a basic principle of the spiritual life. The more dead we are to the...
Tagged: Kingdom of God
We are a kingdom of priests
The Word is living, being, spirit, all verdant greening, all creativity. This Word manifests itself in every creature. St. Hildegard of Bingen I’d like to begin this reflection on the royal priesthood of the faithful with Paul’s letter to the...
The Kingdom of God, Today
A reflection on the readings of November 26, 2023 — The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe The feast of Christ the King was introduced by Pope Pius XI in 1925 in the encyclical Quas Primas...
Laudato Si’ calls young Catholics to help build God’s kingdom
In the past, the Catholic Church could count on its tradition being passed on from generation to generation. Today, fewer and fewer young people will continue to identify as Catholic even if they were raised in a Catholic family or...
Parables of the kingdom and hidden acts of faith
Note: Continuing in this week’s ecumenical spirit, fostered by Gareth Thomas’s reflection yesterday on the Taizé community in France, today we have a piece by our friend Julian Waldner. Julian is a Hutterite Christian (a tradition that traces its roots...
The Kingdom, The Prophet, the Holy One of God
A reflection on the Sunday readings for January 31, 2021 — the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Once, at a Mass for our school students, the reading was about the kingdom of heaven. I began my homily by asking the students...
God’s Call: Discerning Genuine from False
A reflection on the Sunday readings for January 24, 2021 — the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time In normal circumstances, writing a homily or reflection based on the call of Jonah or the call of Andrew, Simon, James, and John would...
Our mission through an eschatological lens
Last week, we celebrated the Autumn Triduum—Halloween, All Soul’s Day, and All Saints’ Day. These three days welcome us to November, a month that is dedicated to eschatology and the contemplation of the last things. Many of us who are...
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