“Had I but wings like a dove,
I would fly away and be at rest.
Far away I would flee;
I would lodge in the wilderness.”
This is the temptation, to flee from all that overwhelms.…
Category: Reflections
SINCE CHILDHOOD
“Beloved: Who among you is wise and understanding?”
James opens up today’s scripture with a question (Jas 3:13-18). My sense is that the term ‘wisdom’ has become one of those words that we throw around in a way that perhaps doesn’t allow us to really consider the true depth of its significance.…
EVERY GAZE MATTERS
Recently, on a flight from New York to New Orleans, I watched a mother in a seat ahead of me on the plane holding an infant in her arms. Occasionally, the baby would wimper or cry a bit. When this happened, the woman would take the infant in her arms in a soothing rhythm.…
GOD MOTHER
After many yearning years of hoping to visit the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, this past All Saints Day (November 1st) I was graciously afforded the opportunity. As I approached the new basilica, designed by the architect, Pero Ramirez Vazquez, I was struck by how the structure created both a hospitable and protecting spirit, as if the church itself attracted you into the embrace of its great mother. …
FREEDOM’S HOME
What does it mean to feel cursed? In a way, to be cursed can mean that there is something seemingly greater than us that wields power over us in such a way that we are deprived of our freedom. Something has a hold on us and we cannot seem to break free. …