LOVE - PRAY - HOPE

“The version of the Gospel which probably has greatest authority for you is the Gospel according to You. What has been revealed to you, what has proven inviting and necessary for you? What is the essence of Jesus’ work and words embodied within you? That is so important for you to hear, remember, and claim. It’s your vocation. It’s why you are still alive, today.”

Br. Curtis Almquist urges us to listen for our vocation, which means accepting our true self.

“Wisdom is not a skill, it does not form on demand, it is not a pill to swallow, nor gleaned from an academic course or best-selling book. Wisdom is a gift from God, a gift that needs to be cultivated.”

Br. Curtis Almquist offers practical suggestions for cultivating God’s gift of wisdom.

=”text-align: center;”>“To undo the weakness and foolishness of the cross, to undo the suffering, the isolation, the nakedness, the shame, is to undo the Gospel, to undo the Incarnation, to make the Crucifixion a mirage, a trick of the eye. No. We proclaim Christ crucified.”

Br. Lucas Hall stares straight at the cross and invites us to see – in its violence, in its ugliness, in its foolishness – love.

“The providence, provision, and protection of God is ours, not because of what we are, but whose we are. It is so easy to fall into the sin of national exceptionalism and assume that God favours us, not because God’s nature is one of universal and overflowing love, but because of our creed, our race, our gender, our orientation, our ethnicity, our citizenship, our politics.”

Br. James Koester hears in the words Jesus speaks in the synagogue of Nazareth a challenging message with strong echoes today.

“Where is Jesus’ presence in your life shining new light? Where is his touch completing the temple of your life?”

Br. Sean Glenn invites us to see the part we play in the completion of the Temple as bearers of the divine image.