These theological reflections show my thoughts and teaching on a general idea and reflect those cocepts
We are taught to love the other as ourselves. How does this translate in our relationships with those with mental health issues. The same way as it does for everyone. The individual is given ourselves. February brings us to the final fleeting of winter and the new beginnings of life in Spring. Valentine’s day is […]
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Every person coming into the Church to worship should be treated as Jesus taught us. For those in the church who have not personally experienced mental illness, it can be hard to relate or understand the struggles of those who have. Here are some ways you can love and care for those struggling with mental illness:
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Blessed is the eyes that see what you see. What a beautiful message of love. Jesus loves his disciples (and us) so much he explains to them everything. The problem is that fallen humanity wants to hear what it wants to hear. We an pull out passages from the Bible and claim they say what
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“Becoming a Christian means becoming communio and thereby entering into the mode of being of the Holy Spirit.” Pope Benedicy XVI Lent is a period of roughly 6 weeks , where our attention is focused on Loving God and Loving Neighbor. This idea is epitomized in the Good Samaritan as well as the Separation of
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This week we continue our walk through the Letter to the Hebrews. As I mentioned last week, this is a serious piece making known the Messiahship of Jesus. Last week we saw how Hebrews used Psalm 95 as a reference point, and this week we hear all about the High Priest, Psalm 110 and someone
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We begin this new week with the Baptism of the Lord which quickly came after the celebration of the Epiphany. 30 years… poof… just like that. But interesting things happen when Christmas falls on a Sunday! We are back to Ordinary time and that brings us into the Letter to the Hebrews. This letter, makes
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Our secular new year began on Sunday… and with it, like every year the Feast of the Blessed Mary Mother of God. Now people brought up in different religious traditions may flail at this thought, but when thought about properly, this truly is a beautiful and significant statement of Truth. I have seen many people
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As we think back John the Baptist seems to be what advent is. He is there telling us to straighten our ways. John calls to us to live the life that is holy and joyous. He can be intimidating as he showed last week with the Pharisee and Sadducees. So the range surmised seems like a
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The prophet John the Baptist can be a scary person, but only becauze he loves everyone so much. It is only because of his love that he challenges us to be just like Christ.
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Today’s Gospel reading is from Matthew 5. Which means of course we have reached the Beatitudes. Jesus speaks to the crowds about who we should love Jesus here is getting to the root of an issue. And one we seem to continue looking at today. And has raised it heads very severely. He wants each
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