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The crowds dispersed…
The borrowed donkey on which Jesus rode into Jerusalem has been returned…
The apostles get busy about preparing for the upcoming Passover….
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Back to topOn Saturday, February 23 2013, fourteen people gathered for a retreat from 9 to 3:00 p.m. The theme of the retreat was : “Lent: Our Universal Call to Holiness.” The day was filled with input . . .
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Back to topWhat new thing did you see happen today? What did you do new today? How were you renewed, made new or changed today? I put forth these questions because we read in the first reading from Isaiah “Do not cling to the events of the past. Watch for the new thing I am going to do. It is happening already. You can see it now.” . . .
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Back to topWe all know that the season of Lent is about conversion and change. We are called to turn away from sin and become more and more like Christ. In other words, we are called to grow. Many times in the Gospels Jesus talks about seeds and trees, fruit and branches. . . .
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Back to topThe liturgy for Sunday presents us with the theme of a recurring problem in all our lives, that is, coming to terms with our true identity. In the first reading . . .
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Back to topLent is the perfect time to reflect upon God’s amazing grace. Year after year we are given these 40 days that call us back to focus on the goodness of God. It is astonishing to remember that God never tires of pouring his grace upon us during this season marked by ashes. . . .
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Back to topHoly Week has begun. It is the busiest and holiest week of the Church Year. It is a week of highs and lows, of cheers and jeers, of crowds and loneliness, of saints and sinners. There is a bit of everything in Holy Week. . . .
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Back to top. . . Often when faced with a cross, we become emotionally and physically overwhelmed by the Passion and Death aspects. We forget that a resurrection is hidden mysteriously within every cross of our human lives. . . .
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Back to topI venture to say that Lent is about hanging on. After all 40 days is a long time to maintain laser-like focus on conversion and whole-hearted faithfulness to our Lenten promises. (Come on now…be honest . . .
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Back to topI need reminders of the Lenten season and what it means to me. Fortunately there are helps surrounding me. As I enter the chapel, I see the African milk-tree, also known as the cathedral cactus. I don’t get too close to it because . . .
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