To read Carroll’s full article, “Abolish the Priesthood,” click on this link. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/06/to-save-the-church-dismantle-the-priesthood/588073/ A review and an invitation by Jim Ryan, Co-pastor of Mary of Magdala, Apostle to the Apostles Community Community blog: https://maryofmagdala-mke.org/blog In the June, 2019 edition of Continue reading
Thoughts on 3rd Easter Sunday, May 5, 2019 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com Easter Season provides us the opportunity to celebrate Christ Alive in that resurrected sort of way! In the presence of Christ who was dead and is now Continue reading
Thoughts on 2nd Easter Sunday & Earth Day, April 28, 2019 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com To admire, wonder at, be shocked by and amazed at Earth and its planetary partners in this corner of the universe is a truly Continue reading
When the End is the Beginning Thoughts on Holy Thursday, April 18, 2019 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com Revelation 22:13 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.” Over the past Continue reading
From Life to Life © Thoughts on the 5th Sunday in Lent, April 7, 2019 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com “See how he loved him.” John 11:36 The Gospel today is the story of the Raising of Lazarus Jean’s sister Continue reading
Face-timing God’s Way Thoughts on the 3rd Sunday in Lent, March 24, 2019 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com Exodus 33: 22-23 God said to Moses, “When my glory passes I will set you in the hollow of the rock and Continue reading
Am I Your “Chosen One” too? © Thoughts on the 2nd Sunday in Lent, March 17, 2019 Transfiguration of Jesus & Patrons of Ireland – Patrick, Brigid, Columba by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com Luke 9:35 “This is my own, my Continue reading
For those who, in search of unfrozen fresh air, opened the windows today, March 14 – first time since December – this seer’s take on imagination: John O’Donohue, The Celtic Imagination in Beauty: the Invisible Embrace, p.132f “Because we tend Continue reading
“Justly Generous” Thoughts on the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 24, 2019 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com Today’s passage from the Gospel of Luke may have been one continuous teaching by Jesus from the beginning of the reading to Continue reading
“We’ve made a THING!” Thoughts on the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 17, 2019 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com We celebrated Black History Month with an Opening Litany that was taken from prayers of 4 of the Giants of Continue reading