Matthew Wright

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Happy Feast of the Immaculate Conception! Here’s a wonderful, classic essay from Beatrice Bruteau on the inner meaning of this Mystery, “The Immaculate Conception, Our Original Face”: 05aa3e24-2eaf-4c4d-aa31-c9c15c546bba.usrfiles.com/ugd/05aa3e_d...

"My Kingdom Is Not of This World" - The Rev. Matthew Wright, The Feast of Christ the King, 11/24/24, Year B Stream "My Kingdom Is Not of This World" - The Rev. Matthew Wright, The Feast of Christ the King, 11/24/24, Year B by Sermons from St. Gregory's on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for...

On the kingdom of God and the sin of Christian Nationalism.

“When we attempt to bring God’s kingdom by power, force, or control, it immediately ceases to be God’s kingdom, which can be brought only through open and loving hearts, without coercion or violence of any kind.”

Meditation is a doorway to an “I” that is not my “me.” In meditation we open to the possibility of an “I” that is simply presence. So much suffering comes from our "me" (its stories, resentments, beliefs about “how things should be”) while the I waits as a doorway into humility, gratitude, and love.