Postcards from the Spiritual Life


Reflections from Church Year 2017-2018





Sabbatical Month (no reflections offered)

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Reflection: To a Garden
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

July 29, 2018, Trinitytide 9 (Tenth Sunday After Pentecost)



Reflection: "And He Said, 'Rest a While'"
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

July 22, 2018, Trinitytide 8 (Ninth Sunday After Pentecost)



Reflection: Heaven Now
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

July 15, 2018, Trinitytide 7 (Eighth Sunday After Pentecost)



Reflection: The Good Life
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

July 8, 2018, Trinitytide 6 (Seventh Sunday After Pentecost)



Reflection: "In Him Was Life"
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

July 1, 2018, Trinitytide 5 (Sixth Sunday After Pentecost)



Reflection: Cleaving Souls
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

June 29, 2018, Feast of Ss. Peter & Paul



Reflection: "Come with Me to Eden"
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

June 24, 2018, Nativity of St. John the Baptist (Trinitytide 4 / Fifth Sunday After Pentecost)



Reflection: "'Let There Be ... Swarms of Living Creatures'"
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

June 17, 2018, Trinitytide 3 (Fourth Sunday After Pentecost)



Reflection: "And His Own Received Him Not"
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

June 10, 2018, Trinitytide 2 (Third Sunday After Pentecost)



Reflection: Till the End of Time
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

June 8, 2018, Sacred Heart of Jesus



Reflection: Life Line
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

June 3, 2018, Trinitytide 1(Second Sunday After Pentecost)



Reflection: Ten Thousand Angels
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

May 31, 2018, Corpus Christi



Reflection: Gazing into the Fire
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

May 27, 2018, Trinity Sunday



Reflection: The Beloved Disciple & The Holy Painter
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

May 20, 2018, Whitsunday (Pentecost Sunday)



Reflection: "I Go to Prepare a Place"
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

May 13, 2018, Sunday After the Ascension



Reflection: The Kingdom
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

May 10, 2018, The Ascension of the Lord



Reflection: The Heart Has its Reasons
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

May 6, 2018, Fifth Sunday After Easter (Rogation Sunday)



Reflection: Our Royal Part
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

April 29, 2018, Fourth Sunday After Easter



Reflection: "We Shall See Him As He Is"
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

April 22, 2018, Third Sunday After Easter



Reflection: Are You Born Again?
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

April 15, 2018, Second Sunday After Easter



Reflection: In Easter Light
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

April 8, 2018, First Sunday After Easter



Reflection: "The Love of God, Which Passes All Understanding"
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

April 1, 2018, Easter Sunday



Reflection: "In the Company of God"
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

March 30, 2018, Good Friday



Reflection: "He Loved Them to the End"
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

March 29, 2018, Maundy Thursday



Reflection: "At the Name of Jesus"
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

March 25, 2018, Palm Sunday



Reflection: "Sir, We Would See Jesus"
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

March 18, 2018, Passion Sunday



Reflection: Where the Heart Already Is
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

March 11, 2018, Laetare Sunday



Reflection: "For He Knew What Was in Man"
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

March 4, 2018, Third Sunday in Lent



Sacrifice of Isaac

Reflection: To the Heart of All Things
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

February 25, 2018, Second Sunday in Lent



Reflection: "A Flood to Destroy All Flesh"
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

February 18, 2018, First Sunday in Lent



Reflection: The Measure of Our Souls
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

February 14, 2018, Ash Wednesday



Reflection: The Circle and the Cross
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

February 11, 2018, Quinquagesima Sunday



Reflection: Would You Know His Voice If You Heard It?
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

February 4, 2018, Sexagesima Sunday



Reflection: To Know Him Is to Love Him
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

January 28, 2018, Septuagesima Sunday



Reflection: The Bridge from Earth to Heaven
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

January 21, 2018, Third Sunday in Epiphanytide



Reflection: And to Serve You Is Perfect Freedom
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

January 14, 2018, Second Sunday in Epiphanytide



Bethlehem star

Reflection: Coming to Light
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January 7, 2018, First Sunday in Epiphanytide



Three Kings

Reflection: And the Soul Felt its Worth
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January 6, 2018, Feast of the Epiphany



Ss. Simeon and Hannah

Reflection: A Sign of Contradiction
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

December 31, 2017, Sunday in Christmastide



Nativity


Audio only: "Beautiful Are the Feet that Bring Glad Tidings!"

December 25, 2017, Christmas Day



Messy Nativity

Reflection: An Infant Is Born
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

December 25, 2017, Feast of the Nativity, Midnight Mass



God's touch

Reflection: Touched by God
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

December 24, 2017, Vigil of the Nativity / Fourth Sunday in Advent



St. John the Baptist in the Desert

Reflection: Ancient Love
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

December 17, 2017, Gaudete Sunday, Third Sunday in Advent



Reflection: Loving The Forsaken
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

December 10, 2017, Second Sunday in Advent



Reflection: The Approach of Purple
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

December 3, 2017, First Sunday in Advent



Reflection: Blessed of My Father, Inherit the Kingdom
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

November 26, 2017, Sunday Next Before Advent



Reflection: Character
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

November 19, 2017, Twenty-third Sunday After Trinity



Reflection: Meditating in the Watches of the Night
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

November 12, 2017, Twenty-second Sunday After Trinity



Reflection: Like a Child Quieted Is my Soul
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

November 5, 2017, Twenty-first Sunday After Trinity



Reflection: Between Earth and Heaven
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

November 1, 2017, Feast of All Saints



Reflection: Which Commandment Is Greatest?
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

October 29, 2017, The Feast of Christ the King



Reflection: Where Sheep May Safely Graze (no text today)
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

October 22, 2017, Nineteenth Sunday After Trinity



Reflection: The Geography of the Soul
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

October 15, 2017, Eighteenth Sunday After Trinity



Reflection: A Light to the Nations
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

October 8, 2017, Seventeenth Sunday After Trinity



Reflection: In Your Judgment
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

October 1, 2017, Sixteenth Sunday After Trinity



Reflection: The Cup of Blessing Which We Bless
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

September 19, 2017, Fifteenth Sunday After Trinity



Reflection: About our Father's Business
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

September 17, 2017, Fourteenth Sunday After Trinity



Reflection: Candle in the Window
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

September 10, 2017, Thirteenth Sunday After Trinity



Reflection: Suffering Heaven
Audio version: Offered at the Church of St. Mary and the Angels

September 3, 2017, Twelfth Sunday After Trinity



See Also:

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Reflections from Church Year 2021-2022

Reflections from Church Year 2020-2021

Reflections from Church Year 2019-2020

Reflections from Church Year 2018-2019

Reflections from Church Year 2016-2017

Reflections from Church Year 2015-2016