by Greg Beben | Mar 17, 2018 | Meditations
When we read Jeremiah’s prophecy, we are astounded that God would promise so much to people who were so undeserving. Generations of the Chosen People had sought God’s favor, and had offered countless sacrifices, but they had also repeatedly disobeyed him. Despite...
by Greg Beben | Mar 10, 2018 | Meditations
God so loved the world… The familiar words from today’s Gospel are actually a radical announcement about God and his relationship with us. He loves us! This is part of the joyful proclamation we ponder on this Fourth Sunday of Lent, also known as Laetare Sunday (the...
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...
