July 22: Day by Day with Father Bill
FEAST OF SAINT MARY MAGDALENE, Apostle to the Apostles Saint Mary Magdalene by Rev Malcolm Guite Men called you light so as to load you down, And burden you with their own weight of sin, A woman forced to cover and contain Those seven devils sent by Everyman. But one man set you free and took […]
July 21: Day by Day with Father Bill
WEDNESDAY OF THE SIXTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME All this is God, right her in my pea-green house each morning and I mean, though often forget, to give thanks, to faint down by the kitchen table in a prayer of rejoicing as the holy birds at the kitchen window peck into their marriage of […]
July 20: Day by Day with Father Bill
TUESDAY OF THE SIXTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME from Pope Francis’ homily, Holy Mass for Families, Ecuador, July 6, 2015 And this is the good news: the finest wines are yet to be tasted; for families, the richest, deepest and most beautiful things are yet to come. The time is coming when we will […]
July 19: Day by Day with Father Bill
MONDAY OF THE SIXTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME A Prayer to God of Many Names by Nancy Schaffer Because she wanted everyone to feel included in her prayer, she said right at the beginning several names for the Holy: Spirit, she said, Holy One, Mystery, God But then thinking these weren’t enough ways of addressing that which cannot […]
Jul 18 Homily Connect: Prayer Styles
Scripture: Jer 23:1-6 Eph 2:13-18 Mk 6:30-34 Vacation My time with my brother and his family on Tainter Lake – A God-Send I enjoyed nature as I prayed – I enjoyed a couple good novels I wrote Were Not Our Hearts Burning Within-Us – My Synod Response Shared porkchops and ribeye steaks – avoided physical […]
July 17/18: Day by Day with Father Bill – Weekend Edition
As I sit down to write this weekend edition of In Joy and Sorrow, on Monday afternoon (7/12), I am hoping that the Communication Task Force (CTF), with help from Emily Jenks, who is our Minister for Neighborhood Outreach and Parish Vitality and who represents the Senior Leadership Team on the CTF, were able to […]
July 16: Day by Day with Father Bill
FRIDAY OF THE FIFTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME BE LOVE DAY A Pledge I acknowledge three things: (1) The violence, oppression, inequity, injustice, and hate in our world has to stop. (2) I have a responsibility and role to play in creating social change for a more just, humane, equitable, and peaceful world. (3) The […]
July 15: Day by Day with Father Bill
MEMORIAL OF SAINT BONAVENTURE, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH from Sister Catherine McAuley, Irish, Foundress of the Sisters of Mercy, in a letter to another sister, Dec 1840 I think sometimes our passage through this dear sweet world is something like the dance called Right and Left. You and I have crossed over, changed places, etc., […]
July 14: Day by Day with Father Bill
MEMORIAL OF SAINT KATERI TEKAKWITHA, VIRGIN O Saint Kateri, Lily of the Mohawks, Your love for Jesus, so strong, so steadfast, pray that we may become like you. Your short and painful life showed us your strength and humility. Pray that we may become forever humble like you. Like the bright and shining stars at […]
July 13: Day by Day with Father Bill
TUESDAY OF THE FIFTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME from Father Henri Nouwen’s Clowning in Rome All nature conceals its great secrets and cannot reveal its hidden wisdom and profound beauty if we do not listen carefully and patiently. [Saint] John Henry [Cardinal] Newman sees nature as a veil through which an invisible world is intimated. He writes: The […]