BISHOP MARIANN’S WRITINGS

For God So Loves the World

For God So Loves the World

My spiritual director encourages me to begin times of prayer by imagining God’s loving gaze upon me. It’s not as comforting a posture as you might think, for whenever I do this, I can’t help but think of all the other people God is also gazing upon. And I wonder how God holds the suffering and grief of this world.

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Porque tanto amó Dios al mundo

Porque tanto amó Dios al mundo

Mi director espiritual me anima a comenzar los momentos de oración imaginando la mirada amorosa de Dios sobre mí. No es una postura tan reconfortante como podría pensarse, pues cada vez que lo hago, no puedo evitar pensar en todas las demás personas a las que Dios también está mirando. Y me pregunto cómo soporta Dios el sufrimiento y la tristeza de este mundo.

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Cuando el Desierto Viene a Ti

Cuando el Desierto Viene a Ti

En los primeros días de la Cuaresma, es apropiado que nosotros, como cristianos, consideremos las prácticas que podríamos adoptar en observancia de este tiempo santo. Al hacerlo, en consonancia con la metáfora principal de la Cuaresma, optamos por entrar en un desierto espiritual–es decir, cualquier lugar de desafío, aprendizaje o vulnerabilidad–donde podamos crecer.

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When the Wilderness Comes to You

When the Wilderness Comes to You

In the early days of Lent, it’s fitting for us as Christians to consider the practices we might take on in observance of this holy season. In doing so, in keeping with Lent’s primary metaphor, we choose to enter a spiritual wilderness—that is, any place of challenge, learning, or vulnerability—where we might grow.

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The Fast You Need

The Fast You Need

I once heard a man say that for Lent he was giving up chocolate and catastrophic thinking. A creative combination, I thought to myself, not knowing if he was serious. In those years, it was common to make light of Lenten disciplines and critique those thought to be superficial or self-absorbed.

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El Ayuno Que Necesitas

El Ayuno Que Necesitas

Una vez oí a un hombre decir que para la Cuaresma renunciaba al chocolate y al pensamiento catastrófico. Una combinación creativa, pensé, sin saber si hablaba en serio. En aquellos años, era habitual tomar a la ligera las disciplinas cuaresmales y criticar las que se consideraban superficiales o ensimismadas.

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The Mystery of Healing

The Mystery of Healing

Hospitals are places where we go in times of great vulnerability. Those who serve in hospitals deal with pain and suffering on a daily basis. They are often instruments of healing, which is the greatest of human joy. Other times they must face the limitations of their healing powers. They are not strangers to the mystery of death, and the necessary losses we face in life.

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Discurso Diocesano 2024 de la Obispa Mariann E. Budde

Discurso Diocesano 2024 de la Obispa Mariann E. Budde

Me dirijo a ustedes en el decimotercer año de mi episcopado y al comenzar el quinto año de nuestro plan estratégico. Este es el tramo final de dos años de un viaje que comenzamos en 2020, invirtiendo intencionalmente recursos diocesanos en áreas de enfoque mutuamente discernidas.

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2024 Bishop’s Convention Address

2024 Bishop’s Convention Address

I speak to you in the thirteenth year of my episcopate and as we begin the fifth year of a strategic plan. This is the final two-year stretch of a journey we began in 2020, intentionally investing diocesan resources in mutually discerned areas of focus.

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Deciding to Stick with Love

Deciding to Stick with Love

I am grateful for the opportunity to be here at Trinity Episcopal Mission, Upper Marlboro on the occasion of your Annual Meeting—a fitting time to give thanks for all that God has done within and among you in the past year, to make decisions and set our collective gaze toward the future.

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