tburnsfaith3 days ago1 minSyncing with God's heartbeatPsalm 131 My heart is not proud, Lord, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me...
tburnsfaith4 days ago2 minLent: Period of Purification and EnlightenmentLent is a period of 40 days through which we open ourselves to purification and enlightenment in God. In the Rite of Christian Initiation...
tburnsfaith5 days ago1 minPsalm 51Psalm 51:7-10 Cleanse me with your healing balm, and I will be made clean, my heart will be purified; Scour me, and I will sparkle like n...
tburnsfaith5 days ago1 minFacing our temptationsMark 1:12-15 Facing our temptations, acknowledging them, moves us toward repentance and draws us into the kingdom of God. Romans 7:14-20 ...
tburnsfaith5 days ago1 minJourney through LentFor the next 40+ days, I hope to share my reflections and prayers through the desert of Lent. May this time be sacred and renew our relat...
tburnsfaith6 days ago2 minCommit to making a differenceAs we begin this Lent, we are in a very different place than we were at the beginning of Lent last year. It has been a difficult, stressf...
tburnsfaithFeb 161 minLenten Prayer for Growth in VirtuesLord, as we begin this season of Lent, open our hearts to your grace and mercy. Let our fasting instill in us the virtues of humility and...
tburnsfaithFeb 112 minShining Christ's Light on Our Soul-SicknessLeprosy, now known as Hanson’s Disease, is a serious bacterial infection causing tissue and nerve damage. Because it is a bacterial infec...
tburnsfaithFeb 81 minMusingsSo much is stirring in me. I find myself being drawn to Love, to the interconnectedness of all things, to the Incarnation of the Divine w...
tburnsfaithFeb 42 minCreate a Lenten Prayer PlanLent begins in ten days, which means it’s time for us to consider how we might plan to spend our forty days in the “desert” with Jesus. T...
tburnsfaithJan 292 minEncounter God's WordThroughout the Scriptures, we hear stories of encounters with God’s Word. God speaks to and through Moses, the prophets, Paul, Peter, Jam...
tburnsfaithJan 153 minOffering Grace and PeaceThird Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B - 24 January 2021 While the story of Jonah was written long before Jesus walked the earth, his stor...