COME, HOLY SPIRIT Who/What is the Holy Spirit? In the Creed we say the Holy Spirit is “the Lord, the Giver of life,” and we say that the Incarnation occurred “by the Holy Spirit.” The Creed also asserts that it was through the Holy Spirit that God’s word was spoken by...

“YOU CANNOT CONSIDER YOURSELF WELL-TRAVELED… This was the word from Br Randal Riede, the librarian of the North American College in Rome, and the most courteous and well-read and well-traveled person you’d ever hope to meet. His quote needs to be completed: “…until...

WHAT’S A DEACON FOR, ANYWAY? Last Sunday, we heard in the first reading (Acts 6:1-7) that there was a need surfacing in the little community of believers in Jesus—there were many Hellenists (= Greek-speaking Jews who accepted Jesus as Messiah-designate) who felt...

WHAT’S A DEACON FOR, ANYWAY? Last Sunday, we heard in the first reading (Acts 6:1-7) that there was a need surfacing in the little community of believers in Jesus—there were many Hellenists (= Greek-speaking Jews who accepted Jesus as Messiah-designate) who felt...

THINKING V. EXPERIENCING I recently found myself in a discussion of sorts on the process by which liturgy works (or should work) on people. The other person was suggesting that it was important for the brain (= our ‘cognitive’ function) to process the liturgy so what...