Thoughts on the Feast of Jesus Christ, Ruler of the Universe November 24, 2019 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com Our faith, spirituality, religiosity thrives on imagery. Today’s feast has historical and liturgical roots in a view of what we formerly Continue reading
Thoughts on the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time November 10, 2019 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com As I see it, today’s Gospel passage (Luke 20:27-38) reveals Jesus view that it is downright silly to think that God is bound by Continue reading
Rev. Jim Ryan, PhD — jimryan6885@gmail.com Co-pastor of Mary of Magdala, Apostle to the Apostles Community Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 53213 Community blog: https://maryofmagdala-mke.org/blog The article, “Mystery Manifested: Toward a Phenomenology of the Eucharist in its Liturgical Context,” (https://doi.org/10.3390/rel10050315) is instructive to Continue reading
Thoughts on the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time & the Canonization of Cardinal Newman October 13, 2019 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com My Dad had a lifetime devotion to Cardinal Newman. The one document he wrote that I regret never Continue reading
Thoughts on the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time & the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi October 6, 2019 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com At today’s Liturgy two readers proclaimed the Gospel passage from Luke 17:5-10 So, you may ask, Continue reading
Thoughts on the Celebration of Donna & Bob’s Anniversary, September 8, 2019 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com When I first read the Gospel (Luke 14:25-33) that is designated for today’s liturgy – the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Continue reading
Thoughts on the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 1, 2019 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com Community Blog, www.maryofmagdala-mke.org/blog For years my Father was president of his local chapter of the Union which at the time was called the Lodge Continue reading
Thoughts on the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 11, 2019 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com Today’s Gospel parable of the relationship between the owner and workers (Luke 12:32-48) can easily be seen as a one-off. What I mean by Continue reading
Thoughts on the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 4, 2019 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com We have already heard Jesus’ parable of the farmer, his harvest, and his reckoning (Luke 12:13-21). Jesus used the parable, apparently and among other Continue reading
Thoughts on the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 28, 2019 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com As though immigrant children dying in what is euphemistically called the “custodial care” of the United States Government wasn’t enough, this past week we Continue reading