Lenten Reflection: 2/21/2021
The waters shall never again become a flood. (Genesis 9:15) Doesn’t it seem odd to begin Lent with the story…
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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