receive what the Trinity brings. Wait

“When Jesus holds up the cup and offers what is in it as the fluid of forgiveness, he is not talking to people with a short list of minor sins. He is talking to people who will turn him in, who will scatter to the fourwinds at the first sign of trouble, and who will swear they never knew him. He is talking to people who should have been his best

BREATH PRAYER DESIRE to pray a simple, intimate prayer of heartfelt desire before God DEFINITION Breath prayer is a form of contemplative prayer linked to the rhythms of breathing: (1) breathe in, calling on a biblical name or image of God, and (2) breathe out a simple God-given

In many ways the Lord’s Supper opens us wide to a divine mystery. This mystery is sometimes dubbed the “paschal mystery” of redemption: Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again. Explaining this mystery may be beyond us, but that does

In Exodus 24:7-8 we read: “[Moses] took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. . . . Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, ‘This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.’ ”

not mean we cannot participate in it.

Breathing in, you pray “Jesus, Son of David,” breathing out, you say, “have mercy on me, a sinner.” This

breathe in “Abba,” breathe out “I belong to you.” breathe in “Healer,” breathe out “speak the word and I shall be healed.” breathe in “Shepherd,” breathe out “bring home my lost son.” breathe in “Holy One,” breathe out “keep me true.” breathe in “Lord,” breathe out “here I am.” breathe in “Jesus,” breathe out “have mercy on me.”

“The greatest of all illusions is the illusion of familiarity.” —G. K. Chesterton