The Feast of St. Luke I love the image of the winged ox for St. Luke…and all the places it carries me. This window is one of my favorites at my current parish of St. Luke’s in Phillipsburg NJ. As… Continue reading

Easter Day Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Hallelujah! Psalm 150:6 and now here we are with Alleluias and hymns of praise and other signs of joy and celebration and it doesn’t matter how we come to this… Continue reading

Holy Saturday My friend and my neighbor you have put away from me, and darkness is my only companion. Psalm 88:19 Waiting without word. Longing without consolation. Watching without relief. Faith grounded into dust grounding itself in not knowing. Image… Continue reading

Good Friday Our forebears put their trust in you; they trusted, and you delivered them. Psalm 22:4 how does one trust after betrayal in the face of denial through sorrow facing condemnation in pain without relief when all is lost Continue reading

Maundy Thursday When my spirit languishes within me, you know my path; in the way wherein I walk they have hidden a trap for me Psalm 142:3 a day a gathering after shouts of triumph and stones that sing a… Continue reading

Wednesday in Holy Week   In the evening, in the morning, and at noonday, I will complain and lament, and God will hear my voice Psalm 55:18   this path makes room for lament for complaint for grief and bitterness… Continue reading

Tuesday in Holy Week   When many cares fill my mind, your consolations cheer my soul. Psalm 94:19   Today–spring rain with summer warmth. The odd, but expected, juxtaposition of this season.   The way of sorrows entwines itself among… Continue reading

 Monday in Holy Week   For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Psalm 51:13   The uncertainty curls its way around every thought. This is the opportune time the enemy is close at hand along… Continue reading

Saturday in the Fifth Week of Lent My soul is athirst for God, athirst for the living God; when shall I come to appear before the presence of God? Psalm 42:2 I arrive at the inevitable turn in the Lenten… Continue reading

 Friday in the Fifth Week of Lent   Let me hear of your loving-kindness in the morning, for I put my trust in you; show me the road that I must walk, for I lift up my soul to you.… Continue reading