As this week comes to a close, my own thoughts on service compelled me to revisit the words from the Gospel that began this theme: “Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also.” I’ve heard some wonderful and amazing stories of service this week. I have felt the […]
Category Archives: Theme 6: Serve
This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honorably. [S]he may […]
Happy Abundant Thursday! Whenever I wake up on Thursday mornings, the first thing I think of is our food pantry. And the first thing I do after that is pray for abundance. In the past two years that I’ve been closely involved with this ministry, I have come to realize what an incredible service this […]
This weekend at St. Thomas, I was talking with another member of the altar guild as she was diligently polishing the brass alms basins. She told me the story of how, many years ago, she was trained for altar guild service by a member of our parish who had just died the previous week. As a newer member […]
Today, we honor Oscar A. Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, in El Salvador, who was assassinated on March 24, 1980 while celebrating Mass in a small chapel in a cancer hospital where he lived. He preached a prophetic gospel, denouncing the injustice in his country while supporting the development of popular and mass organizations. He […]
I was in my car driving on Friday when this story aired. Story Corps is always one of my favorite features on NPR because of the authentic, everyday human experiences that cut through to the heart. This one, I admit, moved me to tears on the highway. I hope you will take a few minutes […]
John 12:20-33Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. Jesus answered them, “The hour has come […]
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