...particular exercise or time (though it almost always has those features), but simply of remembering that we are in God’s presence and that because of that, he can hear us....
...meant to be as unfriendly as later readings have made it. The “inn” is a kataluma, the upper room of a house like the Upper Room later in Luke’s gospel...
...chaired National Safeguarding Panel. Finalising the provisions of the forthcoming Redress Scheme so as to express in tangible ways the Church’s heartfelt sorrow and shame for the abuse survivors have...
...book translation of the Creed to the Roman Catholic version now in use: “We look for the resurrection of the dead,” rather than, “We look forward to the resurrection…” I...
...of those misgivings involved my use of an electric wheelchair for covering the long distances necessary for hospital work. But it was my first time using one, and I was...
...Eykel constructs of the early and later developments of the tradition in the second-century Protoevangelium of James, the seventh-century Latin Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew, the sixth-century Armenian Gospel of the Infancy,...
...for women, The Economic Club of New York, and as a board member of Inwood House for teen mothers, where she initiated a financial literacy program. She has a master’s...
...also a recognition that God’s name is ineffable. The creed “Hear O Israel, the Lord thy God, the Lord is one” combines the old names for Canaanite gods, El and...
...winding back roads that they were legally obliged to travel on. No, they decided to use the main roads, the roads which were reserved for people who were ritually clean...
...of the Trinity. An eternal and personal Word is important to us because all healthy relationships are built on personal communication. Even in human relationships, we come to know the...