Blessing Join me in the celebration of the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, mother for millions of Christians in Latin America who find in her the motivation to be followers of Jesus. I adapted this blessing from the words of the Nican Mopohua, written in 1560 in Nahuatl, the indigenous language spoken in that time in Mexico. This is the book…
A Christian Unitarian Church Serving Newton, Brookline, and the Boston Area since 1861
Sunday Service at 10:30am
Rev. Mark J.T. Caggiano
26 Suffolk Road
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Spiritual but not religious
Jesus, in your name and in the name of God, en tu nombre y en el nombre de Dios, I pray for this community of Chestnut Hill Oro por esta comunidad reunida en Chestnut Hill. I pray your loving teachings remain in our hearts as we figure it out the meaning of this life. Oro para que tus enseñanzas de amor permanezcan…
God of bread, Dios de Pan. You have given us bread that comes from heaven. Tu nos has dado pan bajado del cielo. And all your creation reminds me of your flavour. Y toda la creación me habla de tu sabor. Come through the shape of the words that are coming out of my mouth Ven a través de las palabras que…
It is you who have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. So I will attend to you for your evil doings, says the LORD. Jeremiah has been speaking out trying to save the people, but the leaders of Israel have not been listening. It was a time for the people to repent their…
So what does real, Christ-shaped leadership look like? Not manipulation. Not fear. Not doom or fear. Leadership comes from the old English “to go with,” “to go ahead as a guide.” And Jesus turns that upside down. In Mark he says, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.” In Luke he teaches us to take…
…He wrote the famous German-American theologian Reinhold Neibuhr in 1939: I have come to the conclusion that I made a mistake in coming to America…I must live through this difficult period in our national history along with the people of Germany. I will have no right to participate in the reconstruction of Christian life in Germany after the war if I do…
This Sunday, I wanted to talk about a historical figure, a poet. A man you might have heard of but probably did not know much about. His name was Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī but he is more commonly known as simply Rumi, which means a man from the city of Rum (or Rome). This could mean a Roman, but in this case,…
“All Shall Be well,” by Rev. Dr. Mark Caggiano, 9/28/25 Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15; Luke 16:19-31 “All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.” This line might be familiar to you. It is attributed to Julian of Norwich, a 14th century English woman who was a mystic and anchoress. An anchoress, or anchorite, was…
The Inward Journey Ministerial Intern Diego Garrido – 21 Sept – 2025. Luke 16, 19-39 May the God that raises the poor from the dust, and lifts the needy from the ash heap, raise us from our trivialities, and, lift us from the ashes of our shame. May my words sit in your hearts choosing the unspoken wisdom of a God that…
“The Seven Storey Mountain,” Rev. Dr. Mark Caggiano 9/7/25 Jeremiah 18:1-11; Luke 14:25-33 The vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as seemed good to him. The prophet Jeremiah is using a metaphor to explain what is going on, how God is working through the lives of the people of…