
Lent with Father Casey Cole: Called to Discern
“What are you going to do with your life?”
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“What are you going to do with your life?”

People who had ordinary encounters with Jesus in the Gospels can aid our daily journey as disciples.

I’m a clean freak. There, I said it. I buy hand sanitizer in bulk, I’m usually within arm’s reach of disinfecting wipes, and I have a deep fondness for color-safe bleach.

Sirach 38:1 offers some wise words: “Hold the physician in honor, for he is essential to you, and God it was who established his profession.”

Paul, Apostle of Christ
In AD 64, Rome is burning. Emperor Nero blames the destruction on the Christians living there. He imprisons the aging apostle Paul (James Faulkner) and any other Christian he can capture.

You know what they say: “You can’t win the lottery without buying a ticket.” It seems fairly obvious, right? How could one ever expect to win without actually entering the contest?

The prophet Jonah is an oddball piece of Scripture.

We see so many dark valleys, so many disasters, so many people dying of hunger, from wars, so many disabled children, so many.

“Take nothing for the journey, neither walking stick, nor sack, nor food, nor money, and let no one take a second tunic. Whatever house you enter, stay there and leave from there” (Lk 9:2-5).

To meditate, begin with your physical posture. Sit down (chair, cushion on the floor, or meditation bench). Keep your back straight.