Holy Week

Holy Week

As Christians, we have just completed the week that we call Holy Week. It began with Palm Sunday and then focused on the Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, the Easter Vigil and finally Easter Sunday. These days of focusing on our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, can...
Grow Down

Grow Down

To grow up,to true as a human being,the Holy Spirit relentlessly woos us into the unfathomable mystery of Christ Jesus.We, however, reluctantly surrender our lives to this mystery.Birthing the Christ in us is never-ending. In Ephesians 2:22, Paul reveals we are being...
Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday

We approach Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week. I have celebrated this day many times in my life. And each year as it comes along, I remark what a wide range of images and emotions it includes. Perhaps at times it has struck me as even a bit odd in that swing of...
The Times They Are A-Changin’

The Times They Are A-Changin’

Each new generation must take up the struggles and attainmentsof past generations, while setting its sights even higher.This is the path. Goodness, together with love,justice, and solidarity, are not achieved once and for all;they have to be realized each day.Pope...
Wounded and Broken

Wounded and Broken

Every year during Lent, I have journeyed closely alongside Jesus through prayer and reflection by focusing on one of the symbols of His physical suffering. One year my Lenten contemplation was on His hands; another year, His nails; another year, His cross. With each...
Another Word for Different

Another Word for Different

Spring has arrived! A time of year when we are greeted daily with the differing songs from the variety of birds in our yard. We can anticipate the budding on the tree branches, the crocus beginning to poke out of the ground, all while we inhale the smell of rain and...

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