Category: Bishop Robert Barron
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Oh Truth
Oh Truth, here You are standing just before me.You, who existed before all time;You, who will be after the end of all time;Bless me with Your Word.Incarnate Your Truth in me. Allow me — my ego, my intellect, my understanding —To decrease, that You and Your Spirit might increase,Might find Your Way to me, in…
Mary Adrienne
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Sunday, September 4, 2022 — Word on Fire
This reading is a striking one. But it sure gets our attention, doesn’t it. Bishop Barron and other priests along the way have reminded us that Jesus was a Jewish man, steeped in Jewish ways and figures of speech and speaking. The image helps when I think of him looking right at me and challenging…
Mary Adrienne
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I remember – Sunday, April 10, 2022 — Word on Fire
Bishop Robert Barron Friends, how dark are the readings for Palm Sunday! We read through Luke’s Passion narrative, leaving out the good news of the Resurrection. To get to the bottom of this emphasis on suffering, to decipher its religious meaning, is to uncover the theological significance of this day. Do you remember the first… Sunday,…
Mary Adrienne
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Have a Holy Thursday
I struggled early on after my conversion to Catholicism with whether to soldier through some of the challenges I was experiencing or whether to revert back to Anglo-Catholicism. I read whatever I could find to help understand what belief or lack of belief the Anglican martyrs held so strongly that they were willing to be…
Mary Adrienne
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Sowing (and sacrificing) seeds of Your love and mercy
My Holy Lord, Bless me, Father, this day, and my words and actions to Your holy purpose. It’s my sister’s birthday today. And currently she’s upset with me. When that happens, she cuts herself off from me and avoids our conversations. I think I know the most recent cause. I sent her one of Bishop…
Mary Adrienne
Walking With My Brother 