May 12: Day by Day with Father Bill
WEDNESDAY OF THE SIXTH WEEK OF EASTER Allah Castles by Faisal Mohyuddin are what my son, with a 5-year-old’s sweetness, calls every house of worship, is how I can tell he is a traveler too. O, how many times I’ve performed salah 1 in empty churches, whispered ameen at mass, made wudu 2 […]
May 11: Day by Day with Father Bill
TUESDAY OF THE SIXTH WEEK OF EASTER -from the Franciscan Hermit, Cornwall, England COMFORTABLE AND WELL WORN are my daily paths whose edges have edges have grown grey with constant use. My language and deeds have grown addicted to habit, prefer the taste of old wine, the feel of weathered skin. Come awaken me, Spirit […]
May 10: Day by Day with Father Bill
MONDAY OF THE SIXTH WEEK OF EASTER There is a gold light in certain old paintings by Donald Justice 1 There is a gold light in certain old paintings That represents a diffusion of sunlight. It is like happiness, when we are happy. It comes from everywhere and from nowhere at once, this light, […]
May 8/9: Day by Day with Father Bill – Weekend Edition
The May Magnificat by Father Gerard Manley Hopkins, SJ MAY is Mary’s month, and I Muse at that and wonder why: Her feasts follow reason, Dated due to season – Candlemas, Lady Day; But the Lady Month, May, Why fasten that upon her, With a feasting in her honour? Is it only its being brighter […]
Homily Connect May 9: Here Comes Everybody
Scripture: Acts 10: 25-26, 34-35, 44-48 and John 15: 9-17. My Graveside Experience Grieving daughter who lost her dad caressed the urn Invited other family members to circle for a group hug Young man, though invited did not participate – remained outside the circle Why-perhaps he didn’t trust the invitation for felt excluded The Early […]
May 7: Day by Day with Father Bill
THURSDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF EASTER -from Fr Henri Nouwen, With Open Hands To pray means to open your hands before God. It means slowly relaxing the tension that squeezes your hands together and accepting your existence with an increasing readiness, not as a possession to defend, but as a gift to receive. Above all, prayer […]
May 6: Day by Day with Father Bill
THURSDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF EASTER -from Fr Henri Nouwen, With Open Hands To pray means to open your hands before God. It means slowly relaxing the tension that squeezes your hands together and accepting your existence with an increasing readiness, not as a possession to defend, but as a gift to receive. Above all, prayer […]
May 5: Day by Day with Father Bill
WEDNESDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF EASTER -from a Franciscan Hermit, Cornwall, England PRAYER FOR STRENGTH Lord, I know that when I am weak you understand that these are the times when I need to be carried by you. I pray that you would gently renew my strength, speak your words of encouragement […]
May 4: Day by Day with Father Bill
TUESDAY OF THE FIFTH WEEK OF EASTER -from a Franciscan Hermit, Cornwall, England LOVE PASSED ON … Any praise I receive does not change me, for I pass it on to God. I walk because God gives me strength. I live because God gives me words. All I need do is surrender to […]
May 3: Day by Day with Father Bill
FEAST OF SAINTS PHILIP AND JAMES, APOSTLES -from a Franciscan Hermit, Cornwall, England Be gentle when you touch bread Let it not lie, uncared for, unwanted. So often bread is taken for granted. There is such beauty in bread – Beauty of surf and soil, Beauty of patient toil. Wind and rain have caressed it, […]