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 me and my community of worship, Mary of Magdala, Apostle to the Apostles Community, Wauwatosa,…
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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 having read is his college thesis which he did on the man who this morning…
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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, why two readers of a Gospel passage that is written in the one voice of…
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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 – I didn’t see it as appropriate for our celebration today. Maybe another Sunday but…
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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 of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen (BRT). He said they kept electing him because he…
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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 one-off is, if what is described here (the grateful owner rewards the vigilant workers who…
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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 reasons, to teach against greed. Well, here’s a little story, mostly true from what I…
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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 were subjected to yet one more cruelty to be done in our names. It comes…
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Thoughts on the Feast of Mary of Magdala, Apostle to the Apostles, July 21, 2019 by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com Today we celebrate Divine Eros. The experience of Mary and Jesus which unites their two realities is a sign of the desire within each of us to unite with the divine. It is the desire…
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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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