Columns

Many of us, religious women and men, are still living in ivory towers, unaffected by the world around us. 

Today's feast reminds us that God not only chose to dwell among us, but to dwell in us. That mutual indwelling grows for a lifetime. It fulfills every human life.

"My father would sporadically tell me, "You can always come home, you know. The door is always open,"  she writes.

Horizons - At times, it feels like we are "caught in the snares of death," and that life itself becomes impossible. And yet, the wind of the Spirit "blows where it wills," and remains undeniably present in the midst of our reality.

Pentecost invites us to see in new ways that the gift of the Spirit does not come fragmented, but rather comes in its wholeness, as one tongue of fire, which then freely given, expresses itself uniquely in each of us.

"The losses are hard to embrace, but there are choices," writes Sr. Margaret Cessna. "There are memories to count. Blessings to hold on to."

Here you are — / laughing winter away away / far far away into spring, / into the resurrection.

Scripture for Life: As we come to the end of our Easter season, we can ask, "What have we learned? How have we changed? Has our faith in the resurrection of Christ given us courage and freed us from fear?"