Category Archives: Mystery
Holy Thursday
There is nothing like a shared meal that binds family and friends together. Memories and stories shared around the table are the glue that cement relationships. Often, when we share a meal, we love to recall all our past meals … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Friendship, Mystery, The Good News
Tagged Easter, Faith, Gratitude, joy, Sadness
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Wednesday of Holy Week
This scene is my favorite from the movie version of the musical “Jesus Christ Superstar”. It is not in the original stage version. It is also the least “biblical” part of this rock opera, but, I think, the most human. … Continue reading
Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday. Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. The crowds were singing their praises and hosannas for him. But the leaders and authorities were worried and were plotting on how to get rid of him. He rebukes them: Why waste your … Continue reading
Spring Is Here
Spring always speak to me of hope and a new creation. An assurance that after the gloom of winter, the earth comes back alive with an explosion of colors and fresh life. For no matter how dark … Continue reading
In Due Time
The splendor that was Egypt and Persia – buried. The glory that was Rome and Greece – gone. The magnificence that was the Aztecs and the Incas – in ruins. Yet the world, our world, endures. With even more lavish … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Environment, Life, Mystery
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My God Is Here
God is the Lord of the Unexpected. The Master of the Paradoxical. The Sovereign of what is Contradictory. He created Light out of darkness by His simple Word. He drew Life from inert elements. He writes straight with crooked lines. … Continue reading
Glimpsing At Eternity
When something man-made breaks down, that is usually the end of the useful life of that object, be it a piece of furniture, a toy, an electronic gadget, or a car. When something in nature (that is, God-made) breaks down … Continue reading
More Poems from Fr. Abe
Posted in Friendship, Mystery, Nature, Spirituality
Tagged Fr. Abe, Poetry
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Love In The Time Of Ashes
In a rare serendipitous confluence of events, today we celebrate both Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, and Valentine’s Day, the celebration of Hearts and Love. Lent is the spiritual preparation for the celebration of the greatest love story of … Continue reading
A Daily Miracle
One of the deepest truth in my life is that fact that I am not a random event. I did not come into existence as a fortuitous confluence of atoms and molecules. I have been willed into existence deliberately and … Continue reading