I arrived in Palestine about two weeks ago to do accompaniment and human rights work. I came with no illusions that anything will look different…
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Slowing to the Pace of Peace
By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.…
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Beauty from Brokeness
I love mosaics. My favorite ones are created from broken pieces of glass, tile, ceramic – pieces that may seem useless or ugly on their…
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Keeping in Touch
I no longer call you slaves, because slaves do not know their master’s business; I have called you friends, because I have made known to you…
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Found by Hope
The things that truly last are only three— FAITH which flowers first, HOPE whose seeds we cannot see, and LOVE the fruit of letting-go, the joy…
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Un-Stuffing
You visit the earth and water it, you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide the people with grain,…
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Powering Down to Presence
Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth? Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, so…
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Praise Be! (A reflection on “Laudato Si” by Pope Francis)
Praise be to God from the earth, you sea monsters and all the deeps of the sea; Lightning and hail, snow and thick clouds, storm wind…
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Seeding Weeds
The Realm of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would…
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Blessed Sacrament of the Other
Then the just will answer, “Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to…