All Posts By: Byron McCoy
BLEEDING HEART
TUESDAY, TENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME “Jesus said to his disciples: ‘You have heard that it was said, You shall not commit adultery. But I say to you, everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, tear […]
A TINY WHISPERING SOUND
“At the mountain of God, Horeb, Elijah came to a cave, where he took shelter. But the word of the LORD came to him, ‘Go outside and stand on the mountain before the LORD; the LORD will be passing by.’ A strong and heavy wind was rending the mountains and crushing rocks before the […]
SALT OF THE EARTH
“Jesus said to the disciples: ‘You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer goof for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be […]
PARADISE
“All nature is meant to make us think of paradise. Woods, fields, valleys, hills, the rivers and the sea, the clouds traveling across the sky, light and darkness, sun and stars, remind us that the world was first created as a paradise, for the first Adam, and that in spite of his sin and […]
MEMORIES OF BLOOD
“What a remarkable expression that is, to ‘satisfy the memories of one’s blood.’ Our memories, to be ours, must be more than those memories we have only of ourselves. Our blood remembers our grandparents, our ancestors, the kind of being we are whose soul and body mysteriously belong both to eternity and to our […]