We might find the quiet peace of genuine trust if we surrendered our willfulness early and often, rather than as a last resort.
Lent
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
Jesus transforms “the cup of horror and desolation” into the cup of our salvation
The cup of submission, of suffering, of death itself becomes the vessel not of our punishment or of God’s wrath, but of our salvation.
Posted inFaith, News
Detroit-area Catholics permitted to eat Muskrat on Fridays in Lent
A long-standing permission allows local Catholics to eat muskrat “on days of abstinence, including Fridays of Lent.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
What Holy Thursday demands of every Catholic
The lesson I take from Jesus’ washing of the feet is this: I do not decide which lives have value and dignity; God does.
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
Sooner or later, each of us has a Gethsemane moment
I was deeply moved by a visit to the Garden of Gethsemane and to the Church of All Nations that is accessible through the garden.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Pilgrimage—like the sacraments—is all about the details
Couldn’t it be apple juice instead of wine? Isn’t it the principle that matters? It could, of course, but then we would lose everything.
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
Like a good friend, God comforts us and cheers us on
Whether we imbibed that living water at a religious summer camp, in a youth group or simply through the regular practice of attending church with family, we are blessed by the abiding, grounding presence of God, even when we drift away.
Posted inFaith, Of Many Things
Grieving the fire of Notre Dame during Holy Week
Our Lady, who stood weeping at her son’s crucifixion, surely weeps for the cathedral dedicated to her name.
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
During Holy Week, we accompany Jesus to the cross and live in hope for new life
Although it doesn’t always seem so, waiting is an inherently hopeful activity.
Posted inFaith, Lent Reflections
Suffering is not the last word when it comes to life in Christ
As we prepare to enter with Christ into the protracted pain and suffering of his passion and death, let us determine to reach beyond them towards the endless delight that awaits us the other side of the tomb: the delight of life with God.