Category Archives: Ordinary Time

The Feast of the Baptism of the Lord celebrated on Sunday January 12th marked the return, in the liturgical calendar, of that period known as Ordinary Time. Apart from those seasons having their own distinctive character, thirty-three or thirty-four weeks remain … Continue reading →

THE STRUGGLE TO LOVE http://www.ronrolheiser.com/ 2008-09-07 After his wife died, Jacques Maritain published her journals. In the preface to that book, Raissa’s Journal, he talks about her death, brought on by a stroke, and then gives this commentary: “But there … Continue reading →

LOOKING FOR REST AMID THE PRESSURES OF LIFE 2006-11-26 The poet, Rumi, once wrote: “What I want is to leap out of this personality And then sit apart from that leaping I’ve lived too long where I can be reached.” … Continue reading →

12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (23.06.13) http://www.liverpoolcatholic.org.uk/ THE LONG HAUL Children, sometimes unintentionally, ask loaded questions. One sure to make some parents groan is: “Can we have a dog?”. The adult brain has flashing images of carwindow / bumper stickers saying, … Continue reading →

OUR STRUGGLE WITH ENVY Few of us admit to being jealous, yet jealousy is one of the most pervasive and destructive forces on the planet, more deeply engrained in all of us than we ever have the courage to admit. … Continue reading →

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (16.06.13) THE SUBTLE SHADES OF PREJUDICE Is the process of attaching labels more ingrained than we admit? The woman featured in the Gospel (Luke 7:36-8:3) for this Sunday, the 11th. of the Year, 16 June … Continue reading →

FROM SELF-PROTECTION TO BEING FOOD FOR THE LIFE OF THE WORLD There are times when we can only live by hope, when what confronts us is so overwhelming, so huge, so utterly beyond our strength, that it’s simply hopeless to … Continue reading →