Entropy and God’s Spirit
“Send forth your Spirit, and we will be recreated, and you will renew the face of the earth.”
Saints Sergius and Bacchus Chapel
Palm Springs, California
“Send forth your Spirit, and we will be recreated, and you will renew the face of the earth.”
“The divine elevator is broken... it doesn’t go up there anymore. Well... in fact it never did.”
“The Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows him.”
“Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.”
Fourth Sunday of Easter Scripture Readings Good Shepherd Sunday evokes images of a smiling Jesus hugging kids and petting lambs. Yet what we have here in this morning’s gospel reading […]
Third Sunday of Easter Scripture Readings I can’t overestimate the importance of today’s gospel reading. If you’re looking for an exposé of what the life of a Christian is all […]
Second Sunday of Easter Scripture Readings In preparing for today’s liturgy and homily, once again, as often happens, I discover that the common understanding of the gospel passage is not […]
“Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.”
Sixth Sunday of Easter (First Reading)Sixth Sunday of Easter (Second and Gospel Readings) This morning, we have in our gospel reading the second half of a prayer offered by Jesus […]
"I give you a new commandment: love one another."
"My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me."
“So the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, ‘It is the Lord.’”
Easter Sunday Scripture Readings The tomb is empty. What do you do now? What do you do after life mocked your life-long hopes and dreams and condemned them to a […]
“Do not be amazed! You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified. He has been raised; he is not here.”
“Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained”
“So then the Lord Jesus, after he spoke to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God.”
"This is my commandment: love one another as I love you."
“I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in them will bear much fruit.”
"I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me ..."
“Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself.”