by Greg Beben | Mar 3, 2018 | Meditations
The Ten Commandments have been given a bad reputation in modern society, as if they are the classic proof of how negative and repressive religion is. Self-confident non-believers ask: Who wants to listen to some ancient myth about a divine lawgiver dictating his...
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....
