by Greg Beben | Mar 9, 2019 | Meditations
In today’s Gospel we read about Jesus’ forty-day temptation in the desert, where the Holy Spirit led him to do battle with the devil. There are many references in the Bible to periods of testing and trial that last for forty days or forty years. The great flood in the...
by Greg Beben | Mar 6, 2019 | 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 | Mar 5, 2019 | Meditations
“We arrive at Lent as humbled sinners,” as Fr. Francis reminds us in the Seasonal Introduction to Lent. We are grateful for the opportunity for spiritual renewal that Lent offers every year because every year we need to be stripped of the worldliness and the sin to...
by Greg Beben | Mar 4, 2019 | Seasonal Introductions
In our journey through the Seasons of Advent and Christmas, we discovered that, in spite of all we have received, our efforts at holiness are ineffectual. We recognized that we are still living a lie. Instead of relying on God and giving him the glory, we take the...
by Greg Beben | Mar 2, 2019 | Meditations
As a very timely preparation for the approaching holy Season of Lent, the liturgy on this Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time gives us great insight into the relationship between our exterior behavior and our interior life, between what everyone can see and what God sees....
