How to Recognize and Reject Condemnation
I began my religious and priestly training in the seminary with the feeling that I was going to…
Tag: Lent
Blood On Our Hands: Preparing for Your First Confession
About this time last year, I met a friend for coffee. At almost fifty years old, he was preparing to…
Our Holy Week Script
The stage is set, and the characters are assembled for Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion. Unlike…
The Lenten Homestretch: Recentering Goals and…
One can be tempted to treat Lent as a set of rules and cultural practices that we do just because we…
Mary’s Participation in the Cross
In this series I have introduced the prayer, doce me passionem Tuam—teach me Your suffering—a simple…
The Human Drama Retold on Palm Sunday
Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord, the King of Israel. …
A New Approach to Fasting
Traditionally, the season of Lent is likened to a desert: the Church journeys out into the quiet…
“Help my Unbelief:” Praying While Grieving
I anticipate Holy Week this year with a sense of solemn contemplation. A year ago at this time, I…
5 Classic Musical Works To Accompany Your Final Lenten…
Here are five penitential songs from generations past that capture the emotion of these sacred days.…
The Significance of Laetare Sunday
Holy Mother Church exhorts us to rejoice on Laetare Sunday of the Lenten Season with these words,…
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