Happy feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe! 🌹

Catholic friends, did you know that you can venerate the tilma of St. Juan Diego in the U.S.??

I write about it here: www.oursundayvisitor.com/how-to-vener...

I really enjoyed preaching today on Mary as the Theotokos, God-bearer, Mother of God.

Some may find this surprising—as if Word of Life is an “evangelical” church.

But we’ve never been “evangelical.”

In the beginning we were just Jesus freaks. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Today we’re, if anything, rock and roll Anglican. 😎

Christians are to persuade by love, witness, Spirit, reason, rhetoric, and, if need be, by martyrdom; but never by force.

The church does not need, should not have, and must not covet the sword of Caesar.

“Sooner or later, we all discover that kindness is the only strength there is.”

- Fr Greg Boyle, S.J.

#Love #Kindness #God #Homeboy #EastLA

Whenever we build walls to separate ourselves from those in need, Jesus chooses the side of the wall where the need is.

— Carlos A. Rodriquez

"Here is what we seek: a compassion that can stand in awe at what the poor have to carry than stand in judgement at how they carry it."

Fr. Greg Boyle, Tattoos On The Heart.

#God #Jesus #Compassion #Justice #Healing #Love #HomeboyIndustries

“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other” - Mother Teresa

“Strive to preserve your heart in peace; let no event of this world disturb it.”

-St John of the Cross

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On this First Day of Advent
as the darkness deepens
the most radical thing you can do
is light a single candle
of Hope.

The more our religion relies on having the "right" ruler in power, the weaker our god is.

“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

#Stoicism #Philosophy

Let us honor the Four Church Women martyred in El Salvador on this date in 1980 by remembering the poor people of El Salvador for whom they lived and died.

Sr. Maura Clark, MM
Sr. Ita Ford, MM
Sr. Dorothy Kazel, OSU
Ms. Jean Donovan

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Whenever we build walls to separate ourselves from those in need, Jesus chooses the side of the wall where the need is.

— Carlos A. Rodriquez