It is divine to love those who hate. It is diabolical to hate and insult those who love. It is human to love those who love, to hate those who hate. But - "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your…
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Author: Michael K. Marsh
Believing is Seeing
Today, the Second Sunday in Easter, is often called Thomas Sunday. Mention the name Thomas and we tend to think of Doubting Thomas. Right or wrong Thomas has forever been labeled Doubting Thomas. "Unless I see the mark of the…
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Looking for Someone to Resurrect
I called through your door, "The mystics are gathering in the street. Come out!" "Leave me alone. I'm sick." "I don't care if you're dead! Jesus is here, and he wants to resurrect somebody!" -- Rumi
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The Virgin Mary, A Letter Sent by the Father
Mary appeared to us as a sealed letter, in which were hidden the mysteries of the Son and his depth. She gave her body as a clean sheet; the Word wrote his essence on it, corporeally. The Son is the…
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Do I Understand Holy Week?
As I reflect on this past Holy Week and our Easter celebration I keep returning to the question, "Do I understand Holy Week?" The short answer, and perhaps the most honest, is no, not really. I know the story. I…
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The Archbishop of Canterbury Reflects on Easter
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Easter Blessings
Yesterday I was crucified with Christ; today I am glorified with him. Yesterday I was dead with him; today I am sharing in his resurrection. Yesterday I was buried with him; today I am waking with him from the sleep…
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Holy Saturday – Tomb Work
Something strange is happening - there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep. The earth trembled and is still because God has fallen asleep in…
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A Good Friday Reflection
"We glory in your cross, O Lord, and praise and glorify your holy resurrection; for by virtue of your cross joy has come to the whole world. May God be merciful to us and bless us, show us the light…
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The Crucifixion by St. John of the Cross
This drawing was made by St. John of the Cross, probably between 1574 and 1577. He was praying in a loft overlooking the sanctuary at the Monastery of the Incarnation in Avila, Spain. He received a vision and then sketched…
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Interrupting the Silence 