by Greg Beben | Feb 17, 2024 | Meditations
In the Spiritual Reflection chosen for this week, Pope Francis, reflecting on today’s short Gospel from St. Mark, says that the Lenten journey we have just begun takes place in “the desert of solitude,” which is also a place of “battle.” This may seem to be a...
by Greg Beben | Feb 13, 2024 | Meditations
Today, as we begin the rich and holy Season of Lent, we submit ourselves to the discipline of Ash Wednesday. For the next Forty Days, we will prepare ourselves to enter more deeply into the Paschal Mystery, the Suffering, Death, and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus...
by Greg Beben | Feb 12, 2024 | 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 10, 2024 | Meditations
The leper in today’s Gospel recognizes in Jesus the power to make him clean, but he is not demanding, arrogant, or controlling. He approaches the Lord in humility, kneeling down and begging. He surrenders himself, placing himself totally at the disposition of Jesus:...
by Greg Beben | Feb 3, 2024 | Meditations
The reality of human suffering has been a disturbing enigma for people of all cultures and all ages. It is often a mind-boggling and heartbreaking experience to bear suffering, or to see our loved ones burdened with it, especially when we feel that it is undeserved....
