Author Archives: Randy Coleman-Riese

The Work of Humility

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

Reflections for Labor Day: God gave me being in order that I should give it back to him. It is like one of those traps whereby the characters are tested in fairy stories and tales on ini­tiation. If I accept … Continue reading →

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Summer Newsletter & Complimentary Download – King Lear Pt 4

Posted on August 11, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

Here in California it looks like we are in for another difficult and dangerous fire season. The skies are again hazy with the smoke of numerous not too distant blazes. As we pray for those who fight the fires and … Continue reading →

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The 4th of July Prayer Party

Posted on July 4, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

We are aware (and thankful) that we have many friends and supporters who live in countries around the world. Gil Bailie and I pray for those whose names we know wherever they happen to reside. However, today is our national … Continue reading →

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Remembering the dead

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

Recently I have been reading In Parenthesis by David Jones. It is an epic prose poem dealing with his experience in World War I between December 1915 and July 1916. TS Eliot, in an introduction to the book, called it … Continue reading →

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A Prayer Before Meals

Posted on May 19, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

Amid the jarring juxtaposition of a recent school shooting and a royal wedding joining the now too familiar cacophony of daily news, it is the return to prayer that grounds my mind and spirit. And the routine of a prayer … Continue reading →

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Read All About It! – Spring Newsletter

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

Free complimentary downloadable MP3 audio – Part 8 of Gil Bailie’s Reflections on St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans WE wish a glorious Easter season to all! – As a special Easter gift to those visiting us here we are … Continue reading →

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Who Are You, Lord?

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

The 40 days of Lent spent walking the dusty byways of Palestine with the disciples and their Lord, witnessing miracles of healing, hearing the Lord’s words, and then following him into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday through crowds shouting ‘hosanna’, coming … Continue reading →

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We call this Friday good…

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

The wounded surgeon plies the steel That questions the distempered part; Beneath the bleeding hands we feel The sharp compassion of the healer’s art Resolving the enigma of the fever chart. Our only health is the disease If we obey … Continue reading →

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In the Garden…revisited

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

Last year we posted some reflections on the Bob Dylan song ‘In the Garden‘ as a point of departure for those who may be looking for an entry into the Triduum beginning on Holy Thursday. (The post is reprised below.) … Continue reading →

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Via Crucis – images by Vonn Hartung

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

Traveling the path of Holy Week we enter into the Triduum and its mysteries. Our friend Vonn Hartung has by the sacramentality of painted images provided us access to the depths to which these days are intended to lead. You … Continue reading →

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