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Pruning Until We Can Produce Fruits of Love
Jn 13:1-8 5th SUNDAY OF EASTER – Year B The gospel today invites a reflection on the vine and the branches. Like the shepherd’s image we meditated on last Sunday, another metaphor that Israel identifies themselves with is that of the vine. They have in their memories Psalm 80 that says, “You brought a vine…
A Shepherd Who Smells Like the Sheep
Jn 10:11-18 4th SUNDAY OF EASTER – Year B The Good Shepherd Sunday takes us to the gospel of the allegory of the good shepherd and the sheepfold. Israel has such an inalienable connection to this metaphor of the shepherd that sometimes it is difficult to extricate the real from the symbolic. With very few…
Opening Minds to a New Paradigm of Thinking
Lk 24:35-48 3rd SUNDAY OF EASTER – Year B The gospel passage begins with the narration of the excited Emmaus disciples about their long-time encounter with the Lord. As they were talking, Jesus appears in their midst, and encounters the disciples who did not know how to make sense of the nature of the figure…
What People Say
The best way to find yourself is to love yourself in the service of others
Mahatma Gandhi
I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.
Mother Teresa
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give
Winston Churchil
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