TUESDAYS WITH TERESA: Our Care for Our Earth
“Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food. I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you made me welcome, naked and you clothed me, sick and you visited me, in prison and you came to see me…in so far as you did this to one of the least of my brothers and sisters, you did it to me.” (Matthew 25: 31-46)
TUESDAYS WITH TERESA: Journeying Together
Once again, Sunday night has me sitting at my desk thinking about our diocese and what I might share with you from the past week, or the week that is to come.
TUESDAYS WITH TERESA: Synodal Leadership
This past Sunday (32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time) we began Chapter 25 of Matthew’s Gospel, to be read over the two weeks, as we bring to closure the Year of Matthew. Chapter 25 is an invitation for us to think about our mortality and to seek God’s Kingdom, not only now, but for eternal life. This week’s Gospel message is about keeping our lamps burning with the spiritual nourishment of Jesus Christ.
TUESDAYS WITH TERESA: A Synodal Church in Mission
I thought for this week’s message I would focus on Part 1, particularly in relationship to our diocese, because our synodal journey is now more than 30 years old.
TUESDAYS WITH TERESA: Synodality, discernment and listening
This week we welcome the month of November, beginning with the Feast of All Saints, followed by the Feast of All Souls. This period invites us to think about our connection to the Communion of Saints, both living and dead. By God’s grace, we are daily in the presence of saints who care for us, who like the reading from Sunday’s Gospel (Matthew 22:34-40), “Love the Lord their God with all their heart, with all their soul, and with all their mind.” Followed by “Loving their neighbour as themselves.”
TUESDAYS WITH TERESA: Hearts on Fire
These are good questions for us to ponder, in this time of world violence and confusion.
TUESDAYS WITH TERESA: To Seek a Way Forward
Our songs, our stories, our paintings, our dances, our languages, must never be lost, no matter the tradition.
TUESDAYS WITH TERESA: Tending the Vineyards
As people of faith, we are asked to tend to God’s vineyard and to produce fruit that will last. This is a grave responsibility as fellow pilgrims.