Filled with hope and the light of Christ

Mar 29, 2021 | Lenten Blog

Home > Lenten Blog 2021 Filled with hope and the light of Christ March 29, 2021 Isaiah 42:1-9 | Hebrews 9:11-15 | John 12:1-11 | Psalm 36:5-11 Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace. What...

Two different worlds at once.

Mar 28, 2021 | Lenten Blog

Home > Lenten Blog 2021 Two different worlds at once. March 28, 2021 Isaiah 50:4-9a | Philippians 2:5-11 | Mark 14:1-15:47 or Mark 15:1-39, [40-47] | Psalm 31:9-16 One of the most amazing and wondrous experiences of my life happened several years ago while hiking...

God, Diana Ross and Caiaphas on Finding Home

Mar 27, 2021 | Lenten Blog

Home > Lenten Blog 2021 God, Diana Ross and Caiaphas on Finding Home March 27, 2021 Ezekiel 37:21–28 | John 11:45–53 | Psalm 85:1–7 I first read the selections of readings for Saturday, the Fifth Week of Lent, a couple of weeks back. While procrastinating the...

From jeremiad to joy

Mar 26, 2021 | Lenten Blog

Home > Lenten Blog 2021 From jeremiad to joy March 26, 2021 Jeremiah 20:7-13 | John 10:31-42 | Psalm 18:1-7 How “down in the mouth” was Jeremiah, author of today’s first reading? So down, he inspired the modern word “jeremiad,” which means “a prolonged mournful...

I feel something new: hope.

Mar 25, 2021 | Lenten Blog

Home > Lenten Blog 2021 I feel something new: hope. March 25, 2021 Br. Mickey McGrath, OSFS: “Annunciation Quilt” Isaiah 7:10-14 | Psalm 45 or Psalm 40:5-10 or Canticle 15 (or 3) | Hebrews 10:4-10 | Luke 1:26-38 Some years it feels strange and jarring to celebrate...

Truth

Mar 24, 2021 | Lenten Blog

Home > Lenten Blog 2021 Truth March 24, 2021 Daniel 3:14–20,24–28 | John 8:31–42 | Canticle [2] or 13 The first couple of lines from John 8:31-42 made me think about how often we are prisoners – slaves even – of our own beliefs. We even suffer for those beliefs and...