The Hard Work of Lent
Christopher Heffron
January 23, 2022
While being angry may not be the ideal frame of mind when starting the season of Lent, these three quotations help me find a measure of peace.
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A Silent Conversation with God
Rachel Zawila
May 19, 2021
A cross-country trip sets the stage for a heartfelt conversation between God and a road-weary traveler.
Lent with St. Francis: ‘Let Us Begin Again’
Diane M. Houdek
April 4, 2021
Easter is a beginning, not an ending. And this Easter story from Thomas of Celano reminds us that for Francis, the challenge to remain true to the Gospel was one that needed to be renewed again and again.
Lent with St. Francis: Dead to Sin
Diane M. Houdek
April 3, 2021
As we come now to the celebration of Easter, we recall that one of the hallmarks of Francis’s life was a deep joy in the love of Christ and the glories of creation.
Lent with St. Francis: ‘By Your Holy Cross’
Diane M. Houdek
April 2, 2021
For St. Francis, meditating on the Passion was not some medieval exercise in masochism but a means of uniting himself completely to the sacrifice of Christ on the cross, a way of living so thoroughly into the mystery of Christ that he was able to lead others into this mystery.
Lent with St. Francis: Eucharist
Diane M. Houdek
April 1, 2021
St. Francis was absolutely devoted to the Eucharist. It’s one of the reasons he was so concerned about rebuilding and cleaning local churches, making them suitable homes for the Eucharist.
Lent with St. Francis: Betrayal
Diane M. Houdek
March 31, 2021
Do we always end up betraying Jesus at some point? We are all sinners. We all need salvation, again and again and again. And so we come to the paschal mystery, the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
Lent with St. Francis: Love of Money
Diane M. Houdek
March 30, 2021
In this holiest of weeks, we are challenged more than ever to think about our own relationship with money and material goods. Are we in danger of letting it come between ourselves and our God or ourselves and our loved ones?
Lent with St. Francis: True Concern for the Poor
Diane M. Houdek
March 29, 2021
The tension between material possessions and the spiritual life has always been part of religious life. We see it in our own religious institutions and in our own lives.
Lent with St. Francis: The Cross Is before Us
Diane M. Houdek
March 28, 2021
The cross is before us now with its wordless challenge to love beyond death. Take some time this week to think about events in your own life that have given you an experience of Jesus’s command to pick up your cross and follow him.
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