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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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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