by Greg Beben | Feb 24, 2018 | Meditations
Either God is everything to us, and we give him everything, or we live as if he is just another detail to keep track of, while keeping our most precious things for ourselves. Part of the challenge of Lent is to put God once more at the very center of our lives, no...
by Greg Beben | Feb 17, 2018 | Meditations
In the spiritual reflection chosen for this week, Pope Francis, reflecting on today’s short Gospel from Mark, says that the Lenten journey we have just begun is not only a “time of combat” but also “forty days of solitude.” This may seem to be a contradiction. How can...
by Greg Beben | Feb 13, 2018 | Meditations
Today, as we submit ourselves to the discipline of Ash Wednesday, we begin the rich and holy season of Lent. 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 | Jan 9, 2018 | Seasonal Introductions
Beginning today, the day after the Baptism of the Lord, until Tuesday before Ash Wednesday (January 9 – February 13), we enter into the first part of what is called Ordinary Time. In Advent we pondered the dark, chaotic condition of man before the birth of Jesus....
by Greg Beben | Jan 7, 2018 | Meditations
The readings today give us a renewed appreciation of the first Mystery of Light: the Baptism of the Lord. They draw us into the heart of two servants: Jesus, fully human and fully divine, sent to serve humanity through his life, death and resurrection, and John the...
