Thursday after Ash Wednesday
Today’s readings When it comes right down to it, we have a choice. We can choose life or death, blessing or curse, the way of the Cross or the way of the world. The choice that we make has huge … Continued
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Today’s readings When it comes right down to it, we have a choice. We can choose life or death, blessing or curse, the way of the Cross or the way of the world. The choice that we make has huge … Continued
Today’s readings Behold: now is the acceptable time! Behold: now is the day of salvation! This is the way the prophet Joel calls the Israelites, and all of us, to repentance. Repentance is an important spiritual theme for Lent: in … Continued
Today’s readings There are two things going on in today’s Scripture readings. First, we have the Jews, and now Judas among them, who are very jealous of Jesus and are seeking to arrest and kill him. And not just him, … Continued
Today’s readings There are two things going on in today’s Scripture readings. First, we have the Jews, and now Judas among them, who are very jealous of Jesus and are seeking to arrest and kill him. And not just him, … Continued
Today’s readings This is it. Today’s liturgy brings us to the place we’ve been journeying toward all during Lent. These past forty days have seen Jesus tangle with the established religion, all the while healing the sick and preaching repentance. … Continued
Today’s readings Have you ever had to deal with people working against you? Most of us have. Most of us have experienced people spreading lies about us, trying to get others to work against us. And today we find ourselves … Continued
Today’s readings This week, the Scriptures have been warning us not to avoid the truth. Today is no exception. Today we see that the way we tend to avoid truth is often through obfuscation, trying to confuse the facts. It’s … Continued
Today’s readings Why is the human heart so opposed to hearing the truth and acting on it? I remember as a child I used to hate it when my parents would tell me something and turn out to be right. … Continued
Today’s readings Most of us have probably experienced at least one time in our lives when it seemed like our whole world was turned upside-down. Maybe it was the loss of a job, or the illness or death of a … Continued
Today’s readings Aren’t the Lenten readings challenging? They’re supposed to be. They speak of what it means to be a disciple. We have to be willing to have our whole world turned upside-down; to do something completely against our nature; … Continued
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