Bound in Love

Man and Wife, Claimed by Christ, Bound in Love, Stumbling toward Heaven

  • Eight Days a Week

    Today we celebrate the Holy Family, which falls within the Octave of Christmas. In the church calendar, only Christmas and Easter get an octave. An octave is the eight day celebration of that feast, so for Christmas Day and for a full week we are celebrating Christmas Day. We do the same thing during Easter… Continue reading

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  • Watch

    “My kingdom is not of this world.” Jesus said this to Pontius Pilate during his Passion, but Jesus is King and Lord of the universe. He will come, so be awake. He will come to destroy the creation that God willed into existence. But he won’t destroy us. We were made in God’s image, and… Continue reading

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  • Vainglory or the Shema

    The theme of the Gospel readings over the past few weeks has been a long and sometimes sharp reminder that there will be a final judgment, and the Lord our God is the judge. We had the two sons, one told his father he would do the work but did not and the other said… Continue reading

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  • Jesus, Tamar, and Grandma

    Psalm 25, says, “Make known to me, Oh Lord, your ways, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my savior.” The Letter to the Philippians includes the great hymn of Christ, which says, “Though he was in the form of God, Jesus emptied himself, taking the… Continue reading

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  • Radical Trust

    In last week’s gospel, we saw Peter blurt out the truth. When Jesus asked,  “Who do people say that I am?” he got logical and worldly responses, like “some say you are Isaiah and others a prophet.” He then asked, “Who do you say that I am?” And Peter blurted out the truth: You are… Continue reading

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  • Seeking Pearls of Great Price

    In last week’s Gospel reading we had the parable of the wheat and the weeds, with the message being that judgment comes at the time of harvest. And the judgment was between wheat and weeds, between the good and the bad. In today’s parables about the kingdom of heaven we get another example of the… Continue reading

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  • The cost of the Promised Land

    We’ve officially started summer, as the Summer Solstice was yesterday afternoon. When I was a child, summers always seemed to involve long car trips to whatever great destination lay at the end of the journey. I was one of five kids, so it was seven of us and sometimes the dog on 12-hour drive to… Continue reading

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  • Freedom Rider

    My father would have been 90 today. He was an idealist, but also a depressive, so he rarely followed through with the actions implied by his strongly held beliefs. He was a Platonist rather than an Aristotelean. But at least once in his life, he took great risk and really made a stand for his… Continue reading

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  • Serenity

    Serenity These are some strange and unsettling times we are living in. Are we open, closed or somewhere in the middle? Do we wear a mask and or gloves or not? We could not go to Mass (even enter Churches!) for 2 months, now we have Mass back in five days, but it will not… Continue reading

  • Practice of the Present Moment

    The Practice of the Present Moment By Helen Young   A Morning Offering God, I offer myself to Thee- To build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear… Continue reading