The high liturgical seasons are behind us and now we enter “ordinary time.” No fancy name, like “Eastertide;” it is just called “the Season after Pentecost.” I like ordinary time, though. We get to spread out a bit, immerse ourselves in the stories of Jesus’ ministry, this year from the Gospel of Mark. Maybe pick up some of Paul’s writings, …
The Spirit is Moving
This Sunday is Pentecost, the birth of the Church. It is characterized as a magical, mysterious event where the Spirit of God comes upon the people with wind and fire. We often consider it unique, something that happened (or maybe didn’t) long ago. We commemorate it each year as a memory that is not our own. But my experience is …
Spirit of Truth
John 16:12-15 (Inclusive text) I have much more to tell you, but you can’t bear to hear it now. When the Spirit of truth comes, she will guide you into all truth. She won’t speak on her own initiative; rather, she’ll speak only what she hears, and she’ll announce to you things that are yet to come. In doing this, …