The Impact of the Holy Spirit
Posted in Big Questions, The Wisdom of... on May 19th, 2013
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Homily- So what do we do now?
Posted in Reflections from the Pulpit - Wandering with Deacon Mike on May 11th, 2013
Click here for a Printer Friendly Copy. “So what do we do now?” This Sunday we celebrate the Solemnity of the Ascension of Our Lord. This is a special weekend to preach on this topic here at St. Patrick’s because of our large stain glass window that depicts this event in living and vibrant colour. [...]
The Gift of Friendship: Meditation by Henri Nouwen
Posted in Henri Nouwen, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Jan 7th, 2011
Yesterday I wrote about one of my classmate from high school who passed away too early at 56. Paul’s gift to me was one of friendship and after writing the post yesterday the following shows up in my daily meditation from the Henri Nouwen Society: The Gift of Friendship Friendship is one of the greatest [...]
The Most Human and Most Divine Gesture: Meditation by Henri Nouwen
Posted in Henri Nouwen, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Oct 6th, 2010
It has been a difficult few weeks for many of my friends at the Dismas Fellowship. While we may wrestle with where we are and where events may take us, I offer this thought from Henri as food for thought and encouragement. Let us not lose sight of the reality that the most ordinary of [...]
Meeting God in the Poor: Meditation by Henri Nouwen
Posted in Henri Nouwen, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Aug 23rd, 2010
This coming week’s readings (which will be highlighted in tomorrow’s This Sunday post) offers us the following wisdom teaching from Jesus: “For every one who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted. Then he said to the host who invited him,“When you hold a lunch or a dinner,do [...]
Being Joyful Witnesses: Meditation by Henri Nouwen
Posted in Henri Nouwen, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Aug 6th, 2010
We live in a success oriented world.My experiences over the past seven years of ministry to those touched by crime is that it requires a person to reevaluate what success means. In his reflection below Henri Nouwen challenges us to find joy in being a witness of Christ through our actions and if the person [...]
The Wounded Healer: Meditation by Henri Nouwen
Posted in Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Jul 8th, 2010
The vision of the Friends of Dismas is to engage people of faith in creative ministry to those touched by crime. Henri Nouwen captures the essence of what it means to a follower of Christ in service to others. In his book- The Wounded Healer- Nouwen captures that it is our own woundedness that makes [...]
Forgiveness is the name of love: Meditation by Henri Nouwen
Posted in Henri Nouwen, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on Jun 10th, 2010
“Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour increasinly. That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human family.” -By Henri Nouwen : [...]
Jesus’ Compassion: Meditation by Henri Nouwen
Posted in Henri Nouwen, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on May 24th, 2010
I posted the following to my Twitter from the Dalai Lama- “A secular person can be spiritual: compassion is for everyone to practice” and then the following meditation from my friend Henri showed up: Jesus is called Emmanuel which means “God-with-us” (see Matthew 1: 22-23). The great paradox of Jesus’ life is that he, whose [...]
The Breath of God Within Us: Meditation by Henri Nouwen
Posted in Henri Nouwen, Reflections from Fellow Wanderers on May 20th, 2010
Now that Jesus has ascended to sit at the right hand of the Father, we all await the coming of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost. Below is a thoughtful meditation from Henri Nouwen on the Holy Spirit: When we speak about the Holy Spirit, we speak about the breath of God, breathing in us. The [...]
Pentecost- “The 50th Day”
Posted in Stuff for Wandering on May 18th, 2010
I got an interesting question after church on Sunday about Pentecost and how it relates to the timing of the Ascension. The Ascension ( The fortieth day after Easter Sunday, commemorating the Ascension of Christ into heaven, according to Mark 16:19, Luke 24:51, and Acts 1:2.) is traditionally celebrated on a Thursday. We also use [...]
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