Gospel, Homily and Coffee

Sr Jessica Power’s poem “This may Explain” The door to God, the door to any grace Is very little, very ordinary. Those must remember who would gain the place This rule does not vary: All truth, all love are by humiliation Guarded, as one has testified before, This may explain why the serf finds salvation And kings and scholars pass the little door. Humility is a virtue, it is part of our human nature. Humility is a virtue that opens us to the fullness of life. As we accept ourselves as loved by the Father, Son and Holy Spirit for who we are, this is Humility. As we accept that all others are loved by God equally, not matter what or who, this is humility. As we accept that the only person we can control is ourselves, and only a small bit of ourselves...this is humility. I hear and experience so much anger in people. People are angry with their spouses, their children and parents, with the world around them. People are angry at strangers. Anger over people who do not conform to th...

“In God we Trust” has been on our paper money in the United States for many decades now, since 1957. Ironic I think, or maybe even hypocritical? Trust; to give our trust indicates our degree of freedom I think trust comes naturally to us it is ingrained since it is also a part of God’s very nature. It is first for us a biological imperative. Newborns must trust parents and families to care for them, otherwise they would not survive after they are born. They then develop bonds early on with Moms and Dads, and even siblings that says these people are safe. I can trust them! Which then gives them a security for which to explore the world around them. I watch when parents, especially new parents, bring in their babies to church. Some babies look at everything, but almost always they look for their moms and dads to make sure if it is safe. Is this person in strange clothes a good man? Trust grows from that. Knowing they are safe, they begin to explore the world around them. As we con...

There is a group called the Dominionists. These are so called Christian who seek to create a “Christian” nation based on their individual and narrow interpretation of Christianity. Their belief is that that the Kingdom of God needs to be a political entity. Jesus never preached the Kingdom as a political reality, nor even a national identity. The Kingdom that Jesus preached and initiated was always about an attitude, a belief. The Kingdom of God is anywhere and with anyone who lives out the virtues of God. The Kingdom is of justice, mercy, compassion, inclusion; it is a attitude of love. This Love that Jesus preached, that he lived and died for, and was raised from the dead… this love is the choice to believe in goodness. It is the choice to give of oneself for the good of others. Love believes in the goodness of another person and within ourselves; Love believes in the goodness of God. When we choose to Love, then we cannot choose to treat a person as anything less...