One more week gone, and one more week to go until we enter Holy Week. The Liturgy of the Hours today again slows us down and brings us back to one of the goals of Lent: spiritual health.   “Our crimes and our sins weigh us down; we are rotting away because of them. […]

  There are so many reasons I love Lent. But really, all the reasons come down to one thing: the various spiritual practices of this season always call me to seek the Heart of God in a deeper way. Lent never fails to remind me of God’s great mercy and personal love for me, because […]

I’ve been thinking a lot about sacrifice and self-denial lately, maybe because it’s Lent, the season where we meditate on the ultimate sacrifice of Christ for us. Whatever the reason, I have felt drawn to do more and to go further in this practice of sacrificial living. But the deeper I dive into sacrifice, the […]

Jesus gives us a tall order in the Gospel today: “Be merciful … Stop judging … Stop condemning … Forgive … Give …” (Lk. 6:36-38). Well, ok, mercy, acceptance, understanding, forgiveness, generosity — we know that practicing these things in our daily lives is part of being Christian. And we all try our best to […]

Lent is here. And with it comes the opportunity to change your life. The Lord goes into the desert for forty days to fast and pray, to be in solitude with His Father, to prepare Himself for the road to Calvary. Lent is the time when the Lord asks if we will join him there, […]