Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen.   We are nearly half-way through Ordinary Time – this long season after Pentecost that spans nearly half the year.  It is a season of growth and study when we walk chronologically through one of the synoptic…

Gracious God, take our minds and think through them; take our hands and work through them; take our hearts and set them on fire. Amen.   The beginning of Luke’s Gospel proclaims that Jesus will “guide our feet into the way of peace” (1:79).  Near the end of the Gospel, the resurrected Jesus appears among his friends and offers a benediction of…