Tuesday, March 3, 2020 | Community Ministry, Reflections
by the Rev. Robert Beazley, priest-in-charge, St. Michael’s, Mandeville When I was a child, I learned the proverb that the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is today. We, as southern Louisianians, are lucky to be surrounded by a...
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 | Community Ministry, Reflections
Care for Creation (A Franciscan Spirituality of the Earth) by Ilia Delio, O.S.F – Keith Douglas Warner, O.F.M – Pamela Wood Chapters 1-2 Reflection by Deacon Joey Clavijo, Chair of the Environmental Commission of the Diocese of Louisiana Have you ever read...
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 | Reflections
Mateus is not his real name. His real name translates as “Meat.’” Others had names like “Happymore,” “Joy,” “Loved,” or names like João, José, Antonio—baptismal names to fit into the Portuguese colonial culture. Mateus’s entire life ….(View this reading and more...
Monday, March 2, 2020 | Reflections
The gospel sounds foolish to our worldly ears because it turns us toward the upside-down kingdom. The key is in our reading from Mark today: John baptizes with water for repentance and is followed by the more powerful One who baptizes with the Holy Spirit—identified...
Sunday, March 1, 2020 | Reflections
After forty days and nights of fasting, Jesus stands up to the devil’s temptations of materialism and worldly power. Standing squarely in the long history of the people of God as heard in scripture, Jesus’ experience turns the wilderness into a place of preparation,...
Saturday, February 29, 2020 | Reflections
John’s Gospel does a masterful job illustrating deep moments of shared knowledge between Jesus and God. Because there is such grace in knowing God, our hearts long to share our knowledge and the love of God with others. Jesus feels this deeply—he is so profoundly tied...
Friday, February 28, 2020 | Reflections
Our emotions and intellect can sometimes swing us around by the tail. Praying for the peace of God is a wonderful way to keep our hearts and minds quiet enough to hear God’s voice and receive the courage to move forward in love. Take a piece of paper and...
Thursday, February 27, 2020 | Reflections
From The Archives: September 23, 1959One of the victims of the Nazi tyranny was a Christian pastor who was jailed and deprived of all books. He lived to tell his story, and he recalls how grateful he was that he had memorized so much of the Bible and so many hymns....
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 | Message from Bishop Thompson
Several months ago I was introduced to Bowing Toward Babylon by Craig M. Watts. This offering came at a time when I was wrestling with how to make sense of the political rhetoric being shared on Facebook and news outlets. I am troubled by the desire to...
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 | Reflections
Many of us will receive the mark of the ashes today. The ashes remind us of two vitally important facts. One: We are mortal. Two: Jesus is our savior. We live differently when we accept our mortality and shortcomings. By accepting these things about...
