Br. Todd Blackham, n/SSJE
Todd Blackham, n/SSJE is a native of Elizabeth, CO. He studied religion at the University of Denver and Harvard Divinity School, before going on to work as a parish priest in the Diocese of Los Angeles. He arrived at SSJE in 2019 and was clothed as a novice in March 2020. He has served the community as Sacristan and as the coordinator of SSJE’s student ministries and monastic residency program. He loves to spend time outside gardening, kayaking, hiking, kite-flying, and feeding the birds. He enjoys praying the Rosary and making prayer beads to sell in the SSJE store. Todd has been on pilgrimage to Jerusalem five different times.
Selection of Br. Todd's teachings from "Brother, Give Us a Word"
Passion
Take heart: without descent and death, there can be no new life. The path we walk with Christ will lead us all the way through death until our baptism is complete. Unless we lose our life in this world we cannot keep it to everlasting life. Unless the bread is broken it cannot be given.…
Read MoreGifts
When God does for us what we could not do for ourselves, and delighted gratitude wells up, we learn to accept all manner of gifts that were too wonderful for us to perceive. May they restore to us an expectant wonder. Be bold, like Mary, to proclaim to the world, “The Lord has done great…
Read MoreParadox
God, who descends into the chaos, has entrusted himself to us in Jesus in deep humility and vulnerability. This is the paradox of our faith: descending into the chaos, God chooses powerlessness in order that we might receive power. And, empowered by God, we bear the light of life in the darkness. Br. Todd Blackham, SSJE…
Read MoreSelection of Br. Todd's writing
“If your primary experience with this prayer is in corporate worship, perhaps you will find it helpful in these pages to take some time to reconnect with it, line by line, word by word. This Cowley invites us to slow down. As we move through the prayer, we invite you to take in each word and phrase, to lovingly abide with it, and allow it to once more shine light on your path.”
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“Community is more than a simple affinity group; it offers a way of becoming more fully who God has created us to be.”
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It’s worthwhile to step back from time to time and revisit those things that have shaped our lives in Christ.
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