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Reflections
Our Sacred Stories ~ How About Fishing: Call and Conversion
Very Shortly, Ash Wednesday will be upon us (March 5) and we will enter the Lenten Season once more. Lent is all about conversion. It...
Fr. John Jennings
Feb 73 min read
Our Sacred Stories ~ Recognizing the Prophets Among us
Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up.... Truly, I tell you, no Prophet is...
Fr. John Jennings
Jan 313 min read
Our Sacred Stories ~ The Body of Christ: Church with a Face
Brothers and sisters: Just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it...
Fr. John Jennings
Jan 243 min read
Our Sacred Stories ~ A Wedding, Wine and God’s Compassion: Vision with Faith
“They have no wine.” This is the simple comment of the mother of Jesus at a wedding they were attending. In the story as John tells it...
Fr. John Jennings
Jan 173 min read
Our Sacred Stories ~ Mary: Bearer of God & First Disciple
Here we are entering the week of Christmas. It came so fast for most of us, but for our littlest ones it was undoubtedly painfully slow....
Fr. John Jennings
Dec 20, 20243 min read
Our Sacred Stories ~ Incarnation: God Is Among Us – How Can We Tell?
The Feast of Christmas is around the corner. Central to this celebration and to our whole Christian faith is that God lives among us. ...
Fr. John Jennings
Dec 13, 20243 min read
Our Sacred Stories ~ Preparing the Way of the Lord
Last weekend, while filling in at a local parish, I noticed something very striking. My hometown has become significantly more...
Fr. John Jennings
Dec 6, 20242 min read
Our Sacred Stories ~ Advent: Trusting with Hope in a Loving God
Listening or watching the news today, we can easily be disappointed with our world and find ourselves depressed with our future. Whether...
Fr. John Jennings
Nov 29, 20242 min read
Our Sacred Stories ~ The Kingdom of God: Making the Reign a Reality
Sometimes to know where we are, we must know where we came from. The message and the mission of Jesus is to proclaim the Kingdom, the...
Fr. John Jennings
Nov 22, 20243 min read
Our Sacred Stories ~ Living a Synod: Change, Challenge & Fear - Faith, Hope & Love
Change is a challenge. It is also universally necessary. Whether we talk personally or communally, we constantly face changes in our...
Fr. John Jennings
Nov 15, 20243 min read
Our Sacred Stories ~ Who are we? Discovering Who We Are as Church, Now
The Gospels tell many Jesus-stories. They were part of the faith memories of Jesus shared by the earliest Christian communities. In...
Fr. John Jennings
Nov 8, 20243 min read
Our Sacred Stories ~ Our Faith Journey: The Communion of Saints in the Midst of Our World
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints . These words and what they express are part of the...
Fr. John Jennings
Nov 1, 20243 min read
Our Sacred Stories ~ Becoming a Synodal Church: The Legacy of Vatican II
Mark’s Gospel tells a wonderful story of the healing and conversion of Bartimaeus, a blind beggar (Mk.10:46-52). As much as it is one of...
Fr. John Jennings
Oct 25, 20243 min read
Our Sacred Stories ~ A Church of Shared Vision & Shared Hope
Vision is an amazing thing. In some ways it is a bit like dreaming. Always, it is about hope. In Mark’s Gospel, there is a story of a...
Fr. John Jennings
Oct 18, 20243 min read
Our Sacred Stories ~ Thanksgiving: A Time for Love and Gratitude
“Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?... You lack one thing; go, sell what you own and give the money to the poor, and...
Fr. John Jennings
Oct 11, 20243 min read
Our Sacred Stories ~ The Synod on Synodality: Its Roots in Vatican II: Openness to all
Our church is currently in the midst of a synod. The first session took place last October. The second session begins this month. The...
Fr. John Jennings
Oct 4, 20243 min read
Our Sacred Stories ~ Living Christian Life in the 21st Century
Sometimes we find ourselves in settings which are threatening to us. Currently our church finds itself in a context, a world that for...
Fr. John Jennings
Sep 27, 20243 min read
Our Sacred Stories ~ A Synod for Our Whole Church
Mark’s Gospel relates a story of Jesus and disciples traveling through Galilee (Mk 9:30-37). He overhears a conversation among his...
Fr. John Jennings
Sep 20, 20243 min read
Our Sacred Stories ~ Sharing Good News of the Kingdom: A Whole Community Project
Faith is a curious thing. Its like other experiences of trust. Most frequently we discover a relationship of trust by our encounters...
Fr. John Jennings
Sep 13, 20243 min read
“Be Open” – A Manual of Discipleship to Jesus
The Gospel writer, Mark provides us with a host of stories presenting Jesus as the teacher for those who are following him. In chapter...
Fr. John Jennings
Sep 6, 20243 min read
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