8th Holy Night applied to August
December 31 – January 1 – Leo The cross on the sword pommel: the sacrifice. Girded with the sword of the power of Christ, the... Read More
The Chalice Prayer
This prayer always fills me with courage when I struggle to find balance in this alarming world. The Chalice Prayer Father, to you I raise... Read More
Holy Night 6 applied to June
December 29-30 – Gemini The three nights of the sword. Peter’s night. Night of the sword consecration. Everyone needs to forge by her or himself... Read More
Advent Week 2 – PEACE
During the second week of Advent we can focus on peace. In the Greek language, peace is eirene probably from a primary verb eiro which... Read More
Is wanting to be right a form of terrorism?
If we are honest, we will admit that deep down inside we are fearful. We are afraid of many of life’s encounters – which include... Read More
2. The Scourging
“Then Pilate took Jesus and scourged him. … and [they] struck him with their hands.” John 19:1,4 When we read the account of the scourging... Read More
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
To be a peacemaker, eirenopoios, is to make peace, to be harmonious. This is not so that we can make others peaceful but that we... Read More
The true nature of peace
There is a word exchanged between us at Christmas which we rarely use in the way for the rest of the year. It is the... Read More