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"The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it." (John 1:5)

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Still Point

A Homily for the Exaltation of the Cross 2025 The spiritual writer, Jacques Philippe, asks a question that I believe is worth our pondering this morning. He writes: "To what degree can evil in my surroundings affect me?" And, simply put, his answer is: "Only to the point I allow it to penetrate my heart." … Continue reading Still Point

Posted on September 14, 2025 by frjcoopTagged bible, christianity, faith, god, healing, hope, jesus, still-point, the-cross. Leave a comment

“Even Now”

An Easter Meditation In this Jubilee Year of Hope, in the buoyancy that so many have felt in the election of our new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, and in his early message which seems to hang on two words: "Peace" and "Unity," can we say, where ever we are, in the midst of our … Continue reading “Even Now”

Posted on May 18, 2025 by frjcoopTagged bible, faith, hope, jesus, lazarus, peace, pope-leo-xiv, resurrection, unity. Leave a comment

Born from the Gaze of God

(Icon by Nathanael Theuma)

I must believe that you love to look at who I am becoming. I must believe your eyes; the nakedness of your "I love you," that strips me naked. Just like Jesus on the cross; surrendered to your gaze alone and trusting desperately. Certain he is being sought, certain he is being found. I must believe another view of me exists -- the profile you see. I am learning this! -- Blessed Christophe Lebreton, ocso

"The light shines in the darkness. Thus, the darkness glorifies God, and the light shines in it, not so much as opposites placed next to each other, but rather as opposites placed within each other."

"Commentary on John" by Meister Eckhart

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