All are welcome in this place
Come visit our place of comfort and peace during these chaotic times. Enjoy the words of Father Richard Mangini, a Catholic priest and beloved retired pastor of Saint Bonaventure Catholic Community in Concord, California.
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13th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jesus frees us to be our best self
June 26, 2022 (First homily before Supreme Court Decision) Have you heard the expression: “You said a mouthful?” It refers to someone who speaks an obvious and worthwhile truth – like the Scripture we have heard today. So, let’s review each passage. First reading: 1 Kings 19 The prophets Elijah and Elisha. Neither wanted GodContinue reading “13th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jesus frees us to be our best self“
Holy Trinity: God is in our heart of hearts
June 12, 2022 (third and final version) The first place that we go to look for God is in our “heart of hearts.” Somewhere deep within our consciousness – partly in our mind, somewhere in the depths of what we call our hearts, our souls. In an old cosmology of 2,000 years ago, God wasContinue reading “Holy Trinity: God is in our heart of hearts“
Holy Trinity Sunday: “I want to encourage you not to get stuck in spiritual mud”
June 12, 2022 (Second version) What do we say about God today? A Holy Trinity! But what does that mean? I have never understood or appreciated the philosophical or theological writings of the Middle Ages, of the scholastics, and personally, I don’t have to understand the great mystery of who God is. What is importantContinue reading “Holy Trinity Sunday: “I want to encourage you not to get stuck in spiritual mud””
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