Holding Joy and Sorrow, Palm Sunday Reflection

Holding Joy and Sorrow, Palm Sunday Reflection

Palm Sunday shows us the extremes of human experiences as Jesus is celebrated but then betrayed, condemned, and executed. We see how fast things can change – in this Passion story and in our own lives too. However, through all of life’s joys and sorrows, we can trust that God is with us. And when the intensity of it all feels like too much to hold, God holds us.

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Seen, Known, and Loved

Seen, Known, and Loved

May we journey up to the mountaintop with Jesus and his companions and encounter God too. As Jesus revealed the fullness of who he is, may we reveal the fullness of who we are before God and those closest to us. And may we each hear God proclaim that we are God’s beloved too, because we are.

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Relatives, Chosen Families, and All of the Above

Relatives, Chosen Families, and All of the Above

The invitation of this feast of the Holy Family is to celebrate the family of Jesus as well as our own families — our families of origin and/or our chosen ones. We also lift up the wide family of God, the human family of which we’re all a part. Maybe we didn’t choose each other, but we belong to each other anyway.

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