Following the Mass yesterday at Holy Hill, I was asked to share the text for my homily based on the appearance of risen Christ to St. Thomas. A bit was said impromptu but I'm posting what I had prepared before me... and I've provided something of a "more finished" end... What do our Scriptures tell [...] The post Notes and reflections for a homily on the Sunday within the Easter Octave appeared first on OCD Vocations.| OCD Vocations
The Lord is risen! He is truly risen! Alleluia! Brothers and sisters, there is NO love like the love of God in Jesus Christ. God is PASSIONATE for the man and the woman He created—He is passionate for each and every one of you and me. He is passionate enough to accept being truly immersed [...] The post An Easter Homily at Holy Hill, 2013 appeared first on OCD Vocations.| OCD Vocations
On this Thanksgiving Day, we remember the countless blessings of Almighty God. Simply our grateful remembrance of God is transformative and inclines us to become more and more vessels of Divine Charity, other “humanities” (as Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity would say) wherein Christ can live His Paschal Mystery. From the Soliloquies of St. Teresa [...]| OCD Vocations