May 21: Day by Day with Father Bill
The Eighth Day of our Novena to the Holy Spirit -from Sister Miriam of the Holy Spirit, Ruaj-Elohim Two are the Son and Father, but the Other so shapes my will its dear theology. Come but to kiss and cradle tenderly is Love who seeks to mother. –from St Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians […]
May 20: Day by Day with Father Bill
The Seventh Day of our Novena to the Holy Spirit -from Sister Miriam of the Holy Spirit, Ruaj-Elohim Spirit in Hebrew, feminine in gender lifts my surmise to touch sweet certainty that with a goodness like maternity The Holy Ghost is tender. –from the Gospel of John On the day before he was to suffer, […]
May 19: Day by Day with Father Bill
The Sixth Day of our Novena to the Holy Spirit -from Sister Miriam of the Holy Spirit, Lo Spirito Santo So beauty’s bird, wind-wisdom seeking, and sorrow’s flood, and love’s flame stirred, are one voice speaking a word called God. –from the Gospel of John On the day before he was to suffer, on the […]
May 18: Day by Day with Father Bill
The Fifth Day of our Novena to the Holy Spirit -from Sister Miriam of the Holy Spirit, O Spirita Sancta And yet He (She) has been waiting, the weary ages through, until the hush of heaven has entered you. –from Acts of the Apostles Compelled by the Spirit, I (Paul) am going to Jerusalem. What […]
May 17: Day by Day with Father Bill
The Fourth Day of our Novena to the Holy Spirit -from Sister Miriam of the Holy Spirit, This is a Beautiful Time O hear Him (Her) within you speaking this infinite love, moving like some divine and audible leaven, lifting the sky of the soul with expansions of light, shaping new heights and new depths… […]
May 16: Day by Day with Father Bill
The Third Day of our Novena to the Holy Spirit -from Sister Miriam of the Holy Spirit, This is a Beautiful Time This is a beautiful time, this last age, the age of the Holy Spirit. This is the long-awaited day of His (Her) reign in our souls through grace. He (She) is crying to […]
May 15: Day by Day with Father Bill
THE SECOND DAY OF OUR NOVENA TO THE HOLY SPIRIT -from Sister Miriam of the Holy Spirit, The Wind of Pentecost Zephyr and gentle breeze they say You and so You are in Your domain, But if it please You, God, I pray You possess me as a hurricane. -from the Gospel of John On […]
Homily Connect May 16: Don’t Just Stand There!
Scripture: Acts 1:1-11, Mark 16:15-20 Again, Rev. Malcom Guite – A Sonnet on the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord We saw his light break through the cloud of glory Whilst we were rooted still in time and place As earth became a part of Heaven’s story And heaven opened to his human face. […]
May 14: Day by Day with Father Bill
Friends, I ask you to join me in prayer over these next nine days as we petition the Holy Spirit to be our Advocate and Guide as we prepare for our Parish Family Synod on the Eve of Pentecost, Saturday, May 22. Just as the disciples gathered in the Upper Room, with Mary, the Mother […]
May 13: Day by Day with Father Bill
-from the poet, Malcolm Guite I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit, for without me ye can do nothing. (John 15:5) How might it feel to be part of the vine? Not just to see the vineyard from afar Or […]