The Transfiguration: Second Sunday of Lent
The gospel for this Second Sunday in Lent offers the story of the Transfiguration - a story that holds a significant spiritual lesson for all of us....
18
Feb
16
Feb
Keeping Lent
Appreciating the Lenten season is not always easy. In Today's post, Rev. Robert Cooke shows us why we need Lent....
13
Feb
Valentine’s Day – 2016
For this Valentine's Day, igNation posts two views on love which are somewhat - – perhaps surprisingly - similar. Undoubtedly one of Shakespeare's most famous sonnets, Sonnet 116 provides a quintessential definition of love. Love, according to this sonnet, does not change or fade; it has no flaws and even outlasts death. Compare this with St. Paul's definition of love in First Corinthians 13....
11
Feb
The Desert as a Place of Listening: First Sunday of Lent
The Gospel for the first Sunday of Lent tells of the three temptations Christ faced in the desert. Today's blog offers a somewhat different take on this testing....
09
Feb
Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust
Today's post on this Ash Wednesday, includes some words from Karl Rahner, SJ on dust as a "truly splendid symbol."...
08
Feb
Tuesday Before
With Lent beginning tomorrow, Greg Kennedy, Sj offers us this poem for Shrove Tuesday....
08
Feb
Ash-Wednesday
Ash Wednesday is the first long poem written by T. S. Eliot after his 1927 conversion to Anglicanism. Published in 1930, this poem deals with the struggle that ensues when one who has lacked faith in the past strives to move towards God....
02
Jan
What Comes To Us.
The Feast of the Epiphany marks the end of the twelve days of Christmas. Today's posting - part prose,part poetry, part music - offers a reflection on this time....
24
Dec
Christmas Day 2015 – The Light Shines in the Darkness
Throughout our cities and towns, homes and shops and streets are filled with light. Christmas is a celebration of light - a time when those who walked in darkness now see a great light....
23
Dec
Waiting: Where We Are Now – Four Reflections for Advent 2015 – (4) The Nativity
In this fourth and final Advent reflection - the Nativity - we see God's providence at work in a world alienated from the greater good that desires the fullness of life for all....