Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. “Feed my sheep,” the risen Christ told Peter. He didn’t sugarcoat what Peter’s future as a shepherd of the flock would entail; he implied Peter would end up crucified. And… Continue reading Fearlessly Feeding the Flock
Category: Saints
Of Paths, Passions… and Crosses
The women who inspire a good friend and me aren’t much farther apart in age than we are. I’m six years older than my friend, and the holy woman she admires most was only twelve years older than mine. Yet their journeys to holiness began and ended more than 8,500 miles apart, and were
Philip to Jesus: “Show Us the Father”
Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. “Show us the Father, and that will be enough for us,” Philip tells Jesus in today’s lectionary reading from John 14. Jesus goes into an explanation that includes “I am… Continue reading Philip to Jesus: “Show Us the Father”
Lent 2013, Day 42: A Tale of Two Apostles
The worst of times was coming; two of them knew it. John’s Gospel tells it this way: Jesus was deeply troubled and testified, “Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” After indicating the villain will be the one to whom he hands a morsel after dipping it,