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Category Archives: Brothers and Sisters of Charity Reflections
Set Your Eyes on Things Above
I was widely known as a biblical scholar during my teaching career from the late 1970’s to mid-2015. My focus was the Catholic Epistles and towards the end of that period I produced three different commentaries on 2 Peter. Yet … Continue reading
Davids’ Advent Greetings 2022
Greetings to each of you as we await celebrating the birth of Jesus and his second coming. Judy writes “It seemed to take 2021 to climb back up out of the pandemic isolation and the knee replacement for me. Just … Continue reading
On Fixing the Church
There are obviously problems with the church. Whether it is Protestant or Catholic, Evangelical Protestant or Mainline Protestant, the retention rate of youth is something like 15 – 17%. Catholic worry that their losses are going to Protestant churches, particularly … Continue reading
Loving Your Enemies in Peace
I have been concerned for some time about the level of emotional discourse in political discussion and the lack of respectful, rational interaction. This happens within the Church, especially in various blogs, within discussions of news items, and especially within … Continue reading
He Will Take What is Mine and Share It with You – Meditations on Trinity Sunday
On Trinity Sunday 2019 the readings were John 16:12 – 15 and Prov 8:22 – 31. It was while working through these readings that several issues suddenly fell into place for me. The Proverbs reading is about Wisdom, the divine … Continue reading
The Integration of the Charismatic and the Contemplative
I am a fully professed member of the Brothers and Sisters of Charity, Domestic. The BSCD stands for the integration of a number of things (which is good – that influenced our joining), one of which is the charismatic and … Continue reading
Becoming One Under God – Theonomy rather than Autonomy or Heteronomy
As one meditates through Lent one reflects on realities one knew about, but which come alive anew. One such was Bp Robert Barron’s citing Paul Tillich’s analysis that peoples and nations alternate between heteronomy (when one’s life is determined by … Continue reading
Sheep and Goats
If you go into the Stone Chapel of Lanier Theological Library on the north edge of Houston, you will see in the dome of the apse a figure of Jesus in a composite view of final judgment, left hand gesturing … Continue reading
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Restoring Community
I was sitting in a cell group of the Brothers and Sisters of Charity, Domestic, as Sr. Carolyn taught, discussing the origins of the BSCD.She noted that John Michael Talbot had had his earliest vision of Christian community in 1971 (see … Continue reading
The Acquisition of the Holy Spirit
I have been reading theology and especially spirituality for decades – it is part of my life. As one part of this I have been reading (or having read to me) Bible since I was one year old. Some have … Continue reading
Fr Peter's Reflections 