Lent with the Saints: Teresa of Calcutta
Hosea 14:2–10; Psalm 8:6c–8a, 8bc-9, 10–11ab, 14, 17;
Mark 12:28b–34
Seeking Radical Simplicity
Because we are so bombarded today with messages and demands, and our attention is being pulled in many different directions, we like the idea of simplicity. We may also like leaving big decisions that we should take for ourselves to other people like the government or doctors or, though less often today for obvious reasons, to clergy. There is a plethora of courses and programs on the market offering to sort us out and give us skills we need to take control of our lives—provided we buy (and believe).
