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Geste of the Great King

"Geste of the Great King" is a reference to a prayer book that St. Francis of Assisi composed. In this prayer book, Francis contemplated the journey of Christ's paschal mystery. Christ is the hero, and St. Francis is the geste who through these prayers becomes a witness and closely connected to Christ mysterious death on the cross. Inspired by Christ and St. Francis, this blog is affectionately named after St. Francis' prayer book.

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My Sermon from Last Sunday

February 17, 2017

My dear friends in Christ, we continue with the Sermon on the Mount. To remind us what we have learned thus far let us have brief review of the past Sundays. Jesus has called us “Repent” that is to be awakened from the slumber of complacency of simply just following God’s rules. We are called to engage God’s laws in such a way that these laws deepen our relationship with Jesus and the world. We have heard the great beatitudes. Blessings that calls us to be open to a new way of living and to receive the light of life that the laws of God permeate. The beatitudes asks us to do nothing more but to engage the world as humble peacemakers, and honest witnesses to Jesus love for us and the world. In today’s gospel, Jesus continues his sermon by addressing the Laws of God and how they were misinterpreted or misunderstood. Each Law addresses a theme: murder, adultery, divorce, ...

My Father's House: Jesus and Purifying the Temple

March 05, 2018

My sisters and brothers in Christ, today’s gospel paints an unfriendly picture of Jesus. It is disturbing, and quite frankly contrasts the hippy folk hero that we often attribute to Christ. It is a gospel that is found in all four books of the New Testament and it signals the seriousness of Jesus’ mission. Jesus’ consuming zeal was a statement about the faith and about the religion. This a story about how Jesus begins his mission to reform a religion that was exploiting the common people who were seeking to find God. John makes a clever connection with Jesus coming to the temple for Passover. Jesus becomes the new Moses, who will lead the people to a new Passover, from death to life, to be truly redeemed. He must first purify the temple which was selling goods that were plundered and resold for sacrifice. It was stolen goods and clearly unworthy for an offering to God because it broke the Mosaic law, put the consumers into sin and, thus, these shady money changers did not bel...

End Poverty: It will take effort and self awareness

February 24, 2017

On Wednesday I went to the End Poverty meeting at the Mustard Seed. Since I minister to the impoverished, homeless and addicted, I felt it necessary to be more informed about the city's strategy and the barriers that may inhibit success of this plan. First, there are some staggering facts that people in Edmonton and the rest Canada are going to have to face. One is that poverty is on the rise. One out of eight people in Edmonton live in poverty (that is below the poverty line)! There is less affordable housing options available with property values increasing 11 percent in one year! This market, obviously, is bringing in investors into poorer neighbourhoods to build new housing with the intent of making the highest profit possible. The cost of living is going up rapidly, wages stay stagnant, and new people are starting to enter the poverty world that I work in. The demographic is changing and End Poverty Edmonton is doing its part to get secure funding ...