Today the Catholic Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. The first thing that came to mind as I pondered this feast day is this quote from the late Michael Himes: I suppose that no doctrine in the Christian tradition has caused more confusion than the Trinity. But today I fear that, for […]
Did you wake up this morning with a sense of anticipation? Are you feeling the stirrings of resurrection? Wednesday, we recalled Judas’ betrayal of Jesus. Thursday, we relived the events of Jesus’ last meal with his friends, and his subsequent time in the garden. Yesterday, we walked with Jesus during the final hours of his […]
Tonight was the opening session of the Lenten Ignatian Retreat at St. Thomas More. After this initial large group meeting, small retreat groups will meet weekly, and participants will pray each day with materials we provide to them that are based on Weeks 2 and 3 of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. I gave […]
Today was the second session of the Fall Reflection Series that Jennifer Wright and I are offering at the University of St. Thomas (on the Minneapolis campus) this year. The theme for this five week series is Women of the Bible. In last week’s opening session, Jennifer spoke about Sarah and Hagar. (You can find her talk […]
Monday was the first session of the Fall Reflection Series that Jennifer Wright and I are offering at the University of St. Thomas (on the Minneapolis campus) this year. Our theme for the five week series is Women of the Bible. Monday I briefly introduced the series and Jennifer spoke our our first subjects: Sarah […]