Lucy, who struggles every day to meet her most basic needs, who is full of problems and worries, who lives surrounded by poverty and illness — she had made room in her heart to remember me and pray for me.
"This is my daily Pentecost: allowing the Spirit to unlock the parts of my heart I've shattered, so that I may step out and speak the language of God's love to a world waiting to hear it," writes one sister.
Theologians' Corner - God does not wait for us to have everything figured out. Instead, he gives us his Spirit in the middle of our confusion. A question remains — where in your life are you still "behind closed doors"?
Horizons: Jesus knows that what ultimately sustains us is not the permanence of institutions, but our ability to remain connected — to God, to one another and to love itself — even as the forms around us change.
Today I know that caring for the body is prayer. Eating the right food is also prayer. Exercising, and massaging my numb feet and hands daily — especially my right hand with lymphedema — is my duty to the Holy Spirit.
Theologians' Corner - We have imagined the Ascension as a vertical liftoff event: Jesus goes up, and we stay behind. This vision reinforces a dangerous dualism: the sacred vs. the profane, heaven vs. earth, God vs. humanity.
The Ascension is not an invitation to remain still waiting for direction from above. It is a commission to move outward into the world as it is: fractured, beautiful and full of God's hidden presence.
We talk about joy as the core of the Easter story of the resurrection and ascension of Jesus. As Christians, we are meant to be an Easter people — a people marked by joy.
