Tom McKenna, CM
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Eucharistic Attitudes (Lk 9:11-17)
As we gather around the table of the Lord’s Supper each Sunday to celebrate the giving of his Body and Blood for us, we would do well to reflect on what it is we’re sharing in.
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The Trinity, Up Close and Personal (Romans 5:5)
Central to the Creed is belief in the Trinity, the conviction of a three-ness in the one Godhead, the Divine as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
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The Reminding Spirit (John, 14)
Recently I was speaking to a woman about a surprising experience she had while going through one of her favorite books-- 20 years after she read it the first time. Expecting it to be repetitious, she was struck by how new so much of it seemed, almost as if she were...
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Traces of The Spirit (Acts 14)
When Paul and Barnabas stepped out into new and threatening lands they knew they were not out there by themselves. They had backup, the sustaining presence of the Spirit of the Risen Jesus. Can we identify the same Holy Spirit working along with us?
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Achievement to Implementation
Certain stories might well be styled “echoing” because they reverberate with the inner story a person tells about herself.
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Solidarity
A saving solidarity: when someone is suffering, not only sympathizing but carrying them through…doing something to lift the burden.
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The Inner Compass
All of us possess something like this, a hidden spot where we can feel the deep push and pull of God’s Spirit. We might even call it that inner compass.
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Feet in Two Worlds
Now a citizen of two worlds, each one operating from different instincts and expectations, he was pulled.
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Landing the Kingdom
To convey the irresistibility of his Father’s Kingdom, Jesus images the hidden seed sprouting under the ground.
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Along The Way
St. Paul proclaims he came upon this “Way” through personal encounter with the light and the voice of the Lord Jesus Christ.