Happy Ascension Thursday! Here in Boston we observe the feast at its proper time, allowing for a novena of days before Pentecost. Today it is most true what Saint Paul says, “In [God] we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28), for Jesus has recapitulated the whole of humanity within the starry reaches of love. We wish to see all the nations stream towards the heights, all people in deepest communion with each other, so I want to reflect... Read more
The iron ticking of the cosmic clock sounds like futility. Friends die or fade away; projects and accomplishments that once seemed so urgent look less and less meaningful; our bodies betray our infinite desire. Inexorable entropy. Yet there is a possible dawn in each moment, wherein God the Father might still surprise us. And no matter how hard life may be, spring has a way of stoking the hopeward embers of even the brokenhearted. Paternal providence works this Easter miracle... Read more
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