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Meditations

Second Sunday of Lent: The Transfiguration of Jesus

February 24, 2018 By Rick Ganz

Pattern: Every Sunday morning in Lent you will receive, as you are receiving here, a Meditation to activate your prayerful interest in the Gospel text chosen in the Catholic Lectionary[1]. What is … [Read more...] about Second Sunday of Lent: The Transfiguration of Jesus

Filed Under: Lent, Meditations

First Sunday of Lent: Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness

February 18, 2018 By Rick Ganz

Pattern: Every Sunday morning in Lent you will receive, as you are receiving here, a Meditation to activate your prayerful interest in the Gospel text chosen in the Catholic Lectionary[1]. What is … [Read more...] about First Sunday of Lent: Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness

Filed Under: Lent, Meditations Tagged With: Lent

Fourth Sunday of Advent 2017: Mary

December 23, 2017 By Rick Ganz

Leonardo da Vinci, Annunciation[1] (1475), of the Uffizi Gallery[2] in Firenze, Italia. About the Artist Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was the High Renaissance style of Painting, not only its … [Read more...] about Fourth Sunday of Advent 2017: Mary

Filed Under: Advent, Meditations

Third Sunday of Advent 2017: Elijah

December 16, 2017 By Rick Ganz

Washington Allston (American, 1779-1843), Elijah in the Desert (1818). The donor who owned this painting, Alice Hooper and her mother, said that they would donate it if Martin Brimmer and his group … [Read more...] about Third Sunday of Advent 2017: Elijah

Filed Under: Advent, Meditations

Second Sunday of Advent 2017: John the Baptist

December 9, 2017 By Rick Ganz

Caravaggio (1571-1610, aka, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio), John the Baptist in the Wilderness (painted 1604-1605, age 33 to 34 years), housed at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. About the … [Read more...] about Second Sunday of Advent 2017: John the Baptist

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First Sunday of Advent 2017: Jesus, The Light of the World

December 2, 2017 By Rick Ganz

William Holman Hunt (b. London, 2 April 1827; d. 7 September 1910), The Light of the World (1851-1853 – painted during his 24th to 26th  years), located in a side Chapel off of the main Chapel at … [Read more...] about First Sunday of Advent 2017: Jesus, The Light of the World

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Freedom from a Mother’s Regulations Through Life With Christ

May 23, 2017 By Rick Ganz

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

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The Sixth Sunday of Lent: Revealed

April 8, 2017 By Rick Ganz

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

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The Fifth Sunday of Lent: Troubled

April 2, 2017 By Rick Ganz

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

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The Fourth Sunday of Lent: Heard

March 25, 2017 By Rick Ganz

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

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