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July 2021

July 02, 2021

Dark Devotional: The Petulant Winds of Elation

Elation. The word St. Paul uses in the epistle today is one we use rarely...

June 2021

June 25, 2021

Dark Devotional: Here Be Blood

A woman [was] afflicted with hemorrhages for twelve years. She had suffered greatly at the...

June 18, 2021

Dark Devotional: Chapel Purgatorio

A violent squall came up and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it...

June 11, 2021

Dark Devotional: Of High and Lowly Trees

Working in the church sometimes makes it difficult to remember what the church is...

June 04, 2021

Dark Devotional: Body Drawn and Quartered

When I was a child, we attended Mass at a Dominican convent the next town...

May 2021

May 28, 2021

Dark Devotional: After the Fire

Did a people ever hear the voice of God speaking from the midst of fire,...

May 21, 2021

Dark Devotional: Your Daughters Shall Prophesy

“Granted, this is not a world that keeps us. Granted, there are some sadnesses in...

May 14, 2021

Dark Devotional: When Apologetics Fail

Twenty years ago, when this tired millennium was fresh and youthful, so was I. I...

May 07, 2021

Dark Devotional: Where is the Good?

Last week, Mary wrote about how the USCCB lobbied behind the scenes to prevent the...

April 2021

April 30, 2021

Dark Devotional: Who Owns the Vine?

“The sexual abuse is awful and all, but you just can’t leave! You don’t want...

April 23, 2021

Dark Devotional: Anointed Sheep, Shepherd and Queen

The parable of the Good Shepherd . . . This is a familiar one,...

April 16, 2021

Dark Devotional: Of False Ghosts and Real Monsters

While they were still speaking about this, he stood in their midst and said to...

April 09, 2021

Dark Devotional: Seeing Is Believing

Jesus said to [Thomas], “Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed...

April 03, 2021

Dark Devotional: Rejoice and Be Glad

This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad (Ps....

March 2021

March 26, 2021

Dark Devotional: Obedient to Death

[Christ Jesus] humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on...

March 19, 2021

Dark Devotional: Practicing for Death….And Life

I’ve loved yoga for years, but since the pandemic, I’ve committed to its practice with...

March 12, 2021

Dark Devotional: Darkness and Light

Whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be...

March 05, 2021

Dark Devotional: Subversive Worship, In Spirit and in Truth

I can’t believe we’re back here already. Last year on this Third Sunday of Lent,...

February 2021

February 26, 2021

Dark Devotional: Letters from an Old Friend

This conversation comes up a lot for me in adulthood, whether in RCIA groups, young...

February 19, 2021

Dark Devotional: You Want It Darker?

“When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the...

February 12, 2021

Dark Devotional: A Call to Change

We do one thing or another; we stay the same or we change. Congratulations,...

February 06, 2021

Dark Devotional: I Have Questions

The Job story does NOT sit well with me. At all. Why, I wonder,...

January 2021

January 29, 2021

Dark Devotional: Who Recognizes Jesus?

Sunday’s Gospel leaves me with some questions. The first one is about who among us...

January 22, 2021

Dark Devotional: Haunted by God

Four years ago, I parked my wheelchair behind the rows of pews in the...

January 15, 2021

Dark Devotional: You Will Be Called

[Andrew] first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the...

January 09, 2021

Dark Devotional: To Fear God and Act Uprightly

“The Lord will bless His people with peace.” This is one option for the responsorial...

December 2020

December 31, 2020

Dark Devotional: Mary, the Mother of God

Mary, the Mother of God By Karl Persson I must begin with a confession: ...

February 2020

February 28, 2020

Our Lenten Wilderness: Unknown Pleasures and Revelations

Lent is a season, yes, a time. But it is also a place. Lent is...

February 09, 2020

Dark Devotional: Four Horsemen

By guest writer Milo Meldrum 1. Conquest I want to control everything: the way...

July 2019

July 02, 2019

Dark Devotional: Let the Dead Bury Their Dead

We don't like to admit it, but the demands of love are changeable. Different situations and different...