Rev. Jim Ryan, PhD Co-pastor of Mary of Magdala, Apostle to the Apostles Community Community blog: https://maryofmagdala-mke.org/blog At Sunday’s Eucharist our discussion at homily time took a look at freedom. The Presider was led through the readings of the day to recall the line from “Me and Bobby McGee” – made famous for Kris Kristofferson…
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Pentecost – Feast of Ecosystems and Ecospirits! © Thoughts on Pentecost Sunday, June 9, 2019 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com So I told my doctor that I read an article that one of the drugs I’m taking is on a list which, for my over 65 population, loses its efficacy over time. My doctor gave…
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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 The Atlantic magazine James Carroll has written a manifesto, now to be added to the…
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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 alive we become Christ for others – especially in our daily living out in time…
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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 wonderful set of experiences. Such as they are, they serve as illumination that Earth, other…
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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 8 years or so I have been searching for an understanding of Sacrament, in particular…
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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 Joyce is dying. She is in hospice receiving comfort and palliative care. It is only…
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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 will cover you with my hand until I have passed by. ….(Y)ou may see my…
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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 Chosen One.” We’re heading into the time of big events – not only Holy Week,…
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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 to see our experience as a product, we have lost the ability to be surprised…
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