by Greg Beben | Feb 21, 2026 | Meditations
Last Wednesday, we began the Season of Lent with fasting and the imposition of ashes. Today’s Gospel gives us some of the theology behind this Holy Season. “By the solemn forty days of Lent the Church unites herself each year to the mystery of Jesus in the desert”...
by Greg Beben | Feb 18, 2026 | Seasonal Introductions
Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, but the First Week of Lent begins with the First Sunday. This leaves the three days between Ash Wednesday and the First Sunday in an unusual liturgical interval; they are part of Lent, but not part of the weeks of Lent. Their official...
by Greg Beben | Feb 17, 2026 | Meditations
On Ash Wednesday the whole Church gathers to begin the journey of Lent. It is striking to see large crowds gathering in churches, in the middle of the week, to be marked with the penitential sign of ashes. What the prophet Joel declares in today’s first reading comes...
by Greg Beben | Feb 16, 2026 | Seasonal Introductions
The Liturgy has brought us through Advent, Christmas, and Ordinary Time before Lent, always guiding us to a fuller life in Christ. As we pondered words of wisdom for the formation of our mind and heart, we were brought to experience the power of the real presence of...
by Greg Beben | Feb 14, 2026 | Meditations
On this final Sunday before Lent, the Church gives us a wise and precious instruction on living according to the Law of God. Often people feel daunted by the commandments or the Law. But the commandments are not meant to be a burden (cf. 1 Jn 5:3); they are signs of...
