Planning Lent

Wednesday, February 6th, 2013 Posted in photo, writing | Comments Off on Planning Lent

Lent begins in a few days, so why not take some time to think about how we wish to “do” Lent this year. For instance, will we give up something this Lent, or will we add something? Will our Lenten ...

Rejoice!

Sunday, December 11th, 2011 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Rejoice!

The clarion call for the third week of Advent is the simple command “Rejoice!” Rejoicing is easy to do when things are going well, but not so easy if they aren’t, and in this life we encounter some things easy to ...

This Joyful Season

Sunday, March 14th, 2010 Posted in writing | Comments Off on This Joyful Season

One of the Mass prayers calls Lent “this joyful season.” I find this a little surprising because I think of Lent as a time for seriousness, mortification, and self-denial. Not joy. But Lent can be a joyful season if we make ...