A rewriting of Colossians 2:6-23 By Mary Edmonds So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were … [Read more...] about Freedom from a Mother’s Regulations Through Life With Christ
Meditations
The Sixth Sunday of Lent: Revealed
Text for the Sixth Sunday of Lent 2017: Matthew 26-27 – the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ Each year when I lean into the Passion accounts during Holy Week, I notice how I end up “abiding” at the … [Read more...] about The Sixth Sunday of Lent: Revealed
The Fifth Sunday of Lent: Troubled
Text for the Fifth Sunday of Lent 2017: John 11:1-45 – the Raising of Lazarus This is a meditation that explores; it does not explain. I do not know how to explain what is still beyond my reach to … [Read more...] about The Fifth Sunday of Lent: Troubled
The Fourth Sunday of Lent: Heard
Text for the Fourth Sunday of Lent 2017: John 9:1-41 – the Man Born Blind Jesus says to the man, formerly blind but now able to see, “You have seen Him, and the One speaking with you is He.” (John … [Read more...] about The Fourth Sunday of Lent: Heard
The Third Sunday of Lent: Found
Text for the Third Sunday of Lent 2017: John 4:1-45 – Jesus and a Woman at Jacob’s Well It appears that everyone has something to hide.[1] Jesus was a Jew who had strayed into Samaritan … [Read more...] about The Third Sunday of Lent: Found
The Second Sunday of Lent: Revealed
Text for the Second Sunday of Lent 2017: Matthew 17:1-13 – Jesus Transfigured We read that “Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.” (Matthew … [Read more...] about The Second Sunday of Lent: Revealed
The First Sunday of Lent: Tempted
Text for the First Sunday of Lent 2017: Matthew 4:1-11 – Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness We may find ourselves puzzled that Jesus could ever be tempted, because, well, He is the divine Son of the … [Read more...] about The First Sunday of Lent: Tempted
The Fourth Sunday of Advent
Featured Image: The Nativity (1669) by Domenico Piola[1] (Genoa, b. 1623, d. 1703) Mary and Joseph at the[2] nativity of their son, Jesus, expected some privacy! Joseph would have sought the help of … [Read more...] about The Fourth Sunday of Advent
The Third Sunday of Advent
Featured Image: The Visitation (1618 – concerning Luke 1:39-45)[1] by Frans Francken the Younger.[2] About the Men This famous scene from the Gospel of Luke begins: “During those days Mary set out … [Read more...] about The Third Sunday of Advent
The Second Sunday of Advent
Featured image: “The Annunciation Triptych” (c. 1427-1432 – also known as the Merode Altarpiece) from workshop of Robert Campin,[1] operating in Tournai, Netherlands from 1375-1444).[2] The lushly … [Read more...] about The Second Sunday of Advent