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“The Water-Girl” No one knows who she is. No one has ever seen her. She comes and goes as if searching for something or someone. When she is present her presence is felt, perhaps with fear, and maybe wonder. No … Continue reading →

Luke 17: 37 – OF CORPSES AND VULTURES Luke 17:37 – “Where the body is, there the eagles will gather.” Matthew 24:28 – “Wherever the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together.” Another translation reads, “Where the corpse … Continue reading →

AN ANSWER Luke 14:26 “Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, even life itself, cannot be my disciple.” These are harsh words of Jesus. One is not accustomed to … Continue reading →

I CAME TO BRING FIRE TO THE EARTH Luke 12:49 – “I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!” Luke is the only evangelist to make this statement. It must have held … Continue reading →

“The poor in spirit,” Matthew 5:3 Where in the context of New Testament anthropology is this understanding of some human beings located? It is clear this statement is not an anthropological definition of “the poor.” Neither is it a statement … Continue reading →

A HIDDEN PARABLE Matthew 8:22 – “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.” That is what Jesus said. But, what did this unnamed bereaved disciple hear? Can I ever know what he heard in the demand of … Continue reading →

“Prometheus Bound” Aeschylus “I rescued men from shattering destruction.” I gave to mortal men precedence over myself in pity. “Besides, I gave them fire.” “Did you perhaps go further than you have told us? Yes, I stopped mortals from foreseeing … Continue reading →

THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD – Matthew 28:1-10 DAWN Cold rapid hands draw back one by one the bandages of dark I open my eyes still I am living at the center of a wound still fresh. Octavio Paz The Easter stories in … Continue reading →

Matthew 27:11-55 “He cried at his own helplessness, at his awful loneliness, at the cruelty of people, at the cruelty of God, at the absence of God.                                                                                          ‘Why hast Thou done all this? What brought me to this? Why? Why … Continue reading →

John 11:1-45 – Lazarus “Bring us, O Lord, at our last awakening, into the house and gate of heaven, to enter into that gate and dwell in that house where there shall be no darkness nor dazzling but one equal … Continue reading →