The Future of God-With-Us by Rev. Jim Ryan, Ph.D. What little I know of retail sales I learned from two masters, Stevie & Gus Breslauer. While attending seminary in Hyde Park in Chicago the Breslauers employed me as a part-time sales clerk in their department store of the same name, Breslauer’s. The store was located…
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Resistance Ethics in a Time of Chaos Rev. Jim Ryan This is the third week of our exploration of the Experience of the Divine. To date we have seen that as this experience of the divine grows and deepens the longer we trust its presence. This experience necessarily leads to being aware and conscious of…
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But we have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16) by Rev. Jim Ryan Experience of the divine necessarily leads to being aware and conscious of the divine. Consciousness of the divine grounds conviction. And the conviction here is that the divine surrounds us in our experience. Some may say that there is a circular…
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Experience the Divine in Ordinary Time by Rev. Jim Ryan We celebrate liturgically the move from Christmas-Epiphany to Ordinary Time. With reference to our early school days this move has the feel of ending Story Time and starting Math Class. The wonders of the Christ Child born in Bethlehem accompanied by choirs of angels and…
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“One Can Hear the Falling Snow” Christmas 2016 Rev. Jim Ryan “Still, Still, Still” is a Christmas lullaby. Youtube.com has several choices (some in the original German) if you would like to listen to it. Here are its words Still, still, still One can hear the falling snow. For all is hushed; the world is…
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“Reflecting on, Talking about Liturgy – the Work of the Priestly People”© by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com Homily thoughts and Community Sharing on the Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 5, 2016 This month of June we as a community will reflect on and talk with each other about our Worship. It is about Liturgy,…
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Fr. Dan Berrigan, SJ, b. May 9, 1921, d. April 30, 2016 Word of Dan Berrigan’s death will resurrect much regarding his witness to peace and his action which he referred to as showing up to stand there. Here is part of the testimony Dan gave at the trial of the Catonsville Nine as he…
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“See, I make all things new! …ain’t it Beautiful?”© by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com Homily thoughts on the Fifth Sunday of Easter, April 24, 2016, & Earth Day 2016 Biblical literalists may have some difficulty with the collision course that happens with certain texts about creation. Today, for example we hear God say, “See, I…
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“Gifts Due and Overdue”© by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com Homily thoughts on the Third Sunday of Easter, April 10, 2016 I thank the Community for guiding thoughts in this compilation. This morning at Eucharist we had a conversation about Pope Francis’ Exhortation that was issued at the end of last week. In my own wanting…
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“The Charge that Empowers”© by Rev. Jim Ryan, jimryan6885@gmail.com Homily thoughts on the Second Sunday of Easter, April 7, 2016 The appearance of the Resurrected Christ on that first Easter Sunday evening has an interesting story to tell. The combination of the gathering of his followers behind locked doors with Jesus’ charge of forgiveness shows…
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