This collect we just read ties together the Blessed Virgin Mary, vocation, and service empowered by the Holy Spirit. But this day feels like a hard day to be reminded of that. Mary, on this day, sits at the foot of the cross, and we are reminded of her agony as she watched her son … READ MORE…
So this is what you get for saying yes. The fruit of your body, the apple of your eye, bloodied, broken, gasping his last breaths while the brutal world, uncaring, continues its business. Once, an angel visited a girl, its bright wings overshadowing her innocence. Dazzled by divinity, she said yes, and innocence departed. She … READ MORE…
For all affected by clergy misconduct and otherwise injured by the churchMay 14, 2016 St. Paul’s Cathedral, San Diego1) A Reading from the Gospel of LukeChapter 8:43-48 “Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years; and though she had spent all she had on physicians, no one could cure … READ MORE…