Browsing the May 2021 archive of Blog

Worship and Doubt

Posted by Jennifer Rumsey on 5/26/21

  For Sunday, May 30, 2021 The Most Holy Trinity

 Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40Romans 8:14-17Matthew 28:16-20

“When they all saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted.”

I have always worshipped. Postures of prayer and praise have been woven into the fabric of my daily life for as long as I ... Read More »

The Power of Pentecost

Posted by Jennifer Rumsey on 5/19/21

  For Sunday, May 23, 2021 Pentecost Sunday

 Acts 2:1-111 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 Or Gal 5:16-25Jn 20:19-23 Or Jn 15:26-27; 16:12-15

In the Holy Spirit, God dwells not just among us but within us. Known as the Wonderful Counselor, Advocate, and Paraclete, which literally means, “he who is called ... Read More »

The Good News of Transformation

Posted by Jennifer Rumsey on 5/12/21

  For Sunday, May 16, 2021 The Ascension of the Lord

 Acts 1:1-11Eph 1:17-23 or Eph 4:1-13 or 4:1-7, 11-13Mk 16:15-20

A woman in her mid-eighties recently remarked about her feelings of heightened anxiety when she ponders how much time she may have left on this earth. In her ... Read More »

Dare to go to the Fringes

Posted by Jennifer Rumsey on 5/05/21

  For Sunday, May 9, 2021 6th Sunday of Easter

 Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-481 Jn 4:7-10Jn 15:9-17

“This I command you: love one another.”—John 15: 17

Prior to becoming a member of the Society of the Divine Savior (the Salvatorians), I was a Benedictine monk for more than a decade. As a ... Read More »