Second Sunday of Lent

by | Feb 27, 2021 | Meditations

The course of time keeps speeding by. It seems that Christmas was just a few days ago and now we are already in the second week of Lent. As we know, Lent (Quadragesima) is the forty-day penitential season that culminates in the Death and Resurrection of Jesus. In the...

First Sunday of Lent

by | Feb 20, 2021 | Meditations

On this first Sunday, the Gospel brings us to the roots of the Lenten journey in the life of Christ – his temptation in the desert. All the synoptic Gospels narrate this episode; after his baptism by John, Christ entered the desert. We will begin our pondering this...

Ash Wednesday

by | Feb 16, 2021 | Meditations

One of the purposes of Lent is to awaken within us an awareness of our desperate need to be reconciled to God, so that we will return to him with our whole heart. Ash Wednesday places before us the opportunity and the challenge to admit our sinfulness and our need of...

Seasonal Introduction to Lent

by | Feb 24, 2020 | 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...

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord

by | Apr 13, 2019 | Meditations

Today we enter into Holy Week, the heart of the Church’s liturgical year. All of our prayer and sacrifice throughout Lent have prepared us for this time. In this week we make a special effort to put aside any distractions and follow the Lord as he leads us through his...