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Not Only Christians, But Christ: Augustine on Becoming His Body (Lectio Divina)
What if becoming a Christian was never the destination, but the beginning of becoming Christ Himself? Augustine’s audacious claim about head and members reframes baptism, breath, and even your next Communion as something far more intimate than belief.
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Remaining To Be Fed: Brother Lawrence on Faith, Stability, and the Daily Bread of God’s Presence (Lectio Divina)
Most of us know the restlessness Brother Lawrence is describing — the impulse to move on, to find something fresher, more alive, more suited to where we are right now. What we rarely notice is how much of what we are searching for is already being given. This reflection traces the gap between the…
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Loving the Untouchable as the Body of Christ: On Becoming the Place Where His Love Still Gives Itself (Lectio Divina)
What if loving your neighbor wasn’t charity at all, but something closer to becoming a body broken open for them? This reflection sits with Mother Teresa’s vision of Christ hungry, thirsty, and homeless in disguise — and asks what it costs to actually be the one who answers.
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An Open Invitation To God’s Banquet (Lectio Divina)
Drawing on Richard Rohr’s image of Christianity as a wedding banquet rather than a judicial court, this Lectio Divina reflects on God’s original intention of inclusion — and on how it is we, not God, who exile ourselves from the table that has always been set for us.
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The Sabbath Was Made for You: Consent to God’s Gift of Rest (Lectio Divina)
When Jesus tells the Pharisees that the sabbath was made for humankind — not the other way around — He is not merely defending human need over religious law. He is revealing something about the nature of the sabbath itself: it is a gift, freely given by a God who knows what we need…
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I Am With You: Remembering Christ in Every Act of Love, Service, and Sacrifice (Oratio Divina)
This reflection explores how Christ is present in everyday acts of gathering, serving, grieving, and beginning again. It invites readers to see their daily lives as sacred participation in the ongoing mystery of the cross and resurrection.