Daily Lenten Reflection: 2/22/2021
This first week of Lent is all about the community of faith. In the first century, students of Jesus, the…
Read MoreThis first week of Lent is all about the community of faith. In the first century, students of Jesus, the…
Read MoreThe waters shall never again become a flood. (Genesis 9:15) Doesn’t it seem odd to begin Lent with the story…
Read MoreIf you remove from your midst oppression . . . (Isaiah 58:9) We might be tempted to say, “I can’t…
Read MoreThis, rather, is the fasting that I wish. (Isaiah 58:6) In today’s first reading, God is calling his people to…
Read MoreWhoever loses his life for my sake will save it. (Luke 9:24) When we think about how to “save” something,…
Read MoreDoesn’t Lent seem like boot camp sometimes? Prayer, fasting, almsgiving—all require sacrifice and effort. Of course, we take up these…
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