On running the race with courage and joy
“Let us run with endurance the race set before us“ Reading a lot in the book of Deuteronomy these days…
March 2021
Earthy instructions from the book of Deuteronomy
In these early spring days I decided to read the book of Deuteronomy, from the first to the last verse,…
The month of Aviv, the “rose of Sharon“, and the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem
In Old Testament terms, a new year has just begun. Today, on the 14th March and on Laetare or “Rose…
Saint Dominic de Guzmán, and the “new wine of Dominican spirituality“
A sect of misery: the “pure ones“ In the 12th century, a movement established itself in certain parts of Europe,…
Looking forward to the “new wine, and the fresh oil“ with the book of Joel
The season of Lent, and the book of Joel Some weeks ago it was Ash Wednesday again, and whether one…
Hope springs eternal
Written in early March of 2021, inspired by a famous saying of the Catholic poet and Englishman Alexander Pope, 18th…
The widow of Zarephath, the unclean woman at the Kinneret, and Sara, the bride of Tobias
This is three times slightly lyrical prose, a subjective perspective on three biblical stories about women, projected in black types…