From Empty Hands

Sunday, February 17, 2019

Sunday, February 10, 2019

We're Not Worthy!

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time C

Readings

And to provide a little photographic evidence...

Sunday, February 3, 2019

Barbarian Love

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time C

Readings

Do send our Governor a note--not as a political act, but as an act of love:

The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo
Governor of New York State
NYS State Capitol Building
Albany, NY 12224

“Reverence must be paid even to those sinners whose souls seem to be dead because it is Christ, who is the life of the soul, who is dead in them. They are his tombs, and Christ in the tomb is still potentially the risen Christ. We should never come to a sinner without the reverence that we would take to the Holy Sepulcher. Pilgrims have traveled on foot for years to kiss the Holy Sepulcher, which is empty. In sinners we can kneel at the tomb in which the dead Christ lies.”

Caryll Houselander

1901-1954

Sunday, January 27, 2019

Exile Ended

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time C

Readings

Check out this amazing network of young adult Catholics: JESUS aCROSS the Border

Sunday, January 20, 2019

Honeymooners

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time C

Readings

Sunday, January 13, 2019

Not the Only One

The Baptism of the Lord

Readings

It’s pretty rare that the heavens open and God’s voice thunders from above, but the Father is speaking words of love over us at every moment, and constantly showering us with tokens of his affection. It’s just that when we get too focused on ourselves—whether it’s admiring our accomplishments, bemoaning our weaknesses, or beating ourselves up over our failings—we fail to hear his voice and or recognize his kindnesses. You are beloved to God beyond your wildest imagining! The Father of Jesus takes great delight in you! That is your true identity. Rest in it, and live from it, always.