We are chosen to receive blessing, but can we wait like Jacob?
Pilgrims to the Manger: Jacob had to persist through many feats of patience, a whole lifetime of patience. What convinced him to keep going?
Fr. Taylor Colwell
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When faith is real, we get walking: Pilgrims with Abraham and Sarah
Pilgrims to the Manger: Hope (along with charity) is the virtue by which faith becomes real. After believing God's promise, Abraham and Sarah set out.
Pilgrims to the Manger: Adam, Eve, and 3 cities of the Advent drama
The object of our Advent pilgrimage is where the woman’s promised descendent first crushes the maleficent serpent’s head.
From the confessional: Why compassion is draining
Allowing another to shift the burden onto our shoulders makes that burden ours, too. It is no longer just “their” problem.
Knowledge vs. wisdom, and the wisdom to know the difference
We have practically all the knowledge in the world at our fingertips, yet distinguishing truth from falsehood has not gotten easier.
A new priest and his first blessings
My new configuration to Jesus was palpable as, like the master during his earthly ministry, crowds gathered to seek his attention to their needs and burdens.
Listening to and telling the Christian story
Storytelling is essentially what goes on in the transmission of faith ... But of course, faith is more than just a story.
The Easter Fire, and ours
Fire provides a potent image. We use it especially to speak of desire.