Rabbi Moshe Leib (1745-1807) of Sassov (now Ukraine) has often been compared to St. Francis, whom the Hasidim call a “Catholic Chasid.” He is famous for saying “He who cannot suck the boils of a child sick with the plague has not gone half-way up the heights of love...
Christmas is coming. You cannot avoid the sights and sounds of the season. And the white flakes of winter have already come to some of our homes! But the Christian Calendar reminds us of another reality: the close of Ordinary Time links Pentecost with the Reign of...
“I know I am dust, that one day my body will return to the earth, that I am finite and limited, self-centered and sinful: but I know equally that I am capable of giving myself in love to others and taking delight in receiving love from them. I am dust that dreams of a...
Goodness and Light Readings for Advent and Christmas This year, November 29th is the first Sunday of Advent. Do you re-adjust your daily rhythms to make room for Advent? For many years I ignored Advent – the season in the Christian church that is intended...
The Light That Dwells Among Us Story Lectionary 22 November 2015 [Christ the King Sunday] The Transfiguration [Story Lectionary] Genesis: Let There Be Light (1) Exodus: Moses and the Burning Bush on God’s Mountain (2); Witnesses to Moses on Sinai and the First...
