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 →

Thoughts on the 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 3, 2019 by Rev. Jim Ryan,  jimryan6885@gmail.com If you hold to the theory, as I do, that Jesus grew into his identity then this event of Jesus’ visit to Nazareth, when Continue reading →

Thoughts on the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 27, 2019 by Rev. Jim Ryan,  jimryan6885@gmail.com We will return to this later, but let’s first put a picture in our minds.  Picture Jesus showing up on Sabbath in his hometown Continue reading →

“Light of Life ….. Truth of Life” © Thoughts on the Feast of the Baptism of Jesus, January 13, 2019 by Rev. Jim Ryan,  jimryan6885@gmail.com When I was studying the Sacred Sciences and preparing for ministry back in the day Continue reading →

“We can do both Joy and Sadness”© by Rev. Jim Ryan,  jimryan6885@gmail.com Here are a few facts to chew on.  First, in 2019, that’s right – next year, ethnic minority children will be the majority of all children in the Continue reading →