Journey to Wholeness
God’s promise blooms eternally: restoring the Garden of Eden, where justice and praise spring forth in fragrant abundance.
… Read the restAs the earth brings forth its shoots,
and a garden makes its seeds spring up,
So will the Lord God make justice spring up,
and praise before all the nations.
Clothed in garments of salvation, we reclaim the radiant glory lost in Eden and shine as brides of Christ.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation,
Isaiah 61:10b
and wrapped me in a robe of justice…
In the book of Revelation, the holy city, new Jerusalem, comes down out of heaven from God, “prepared as a bride adorned for her husband” (Revelation 21:2).… Read the rest
In the Kingdom of Shalom, wolf and lamb lie down together—glimpsed today in saints who befriend the wild.
… Read the restThen the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb,
and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat.
“Your country is waste, your cities burnt with fire,” the prophet Isaiah rails in the opening chapter of his scroll (1:7a). Judah and Jerusalem are riddled with injustice, hypocrisy, murder, thievery, rebellion, and every sort of corruption.… Read the rest
27th Week in Ordinary Time, Tuesday (Year II)
… Read the restJesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak.