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The wisdom of forgiveness
… good friendship and marriage, but it also shows the importance of ongoing reconciliation. If Lent could focus us on resolving one longstanding conflict in our lives, perhaps with a parent, … start. Is this not the meaning of the words, “Repent and hear good news?” Isn’t this what Lent is for? Forgiveness is the hardest work of all, perhaps because we can hide and deny the …
Detained immigrants launch hunger strike at two California facilities
… (ICE) Processing Center, and share some of that food with others. But the weekend before Lent started, Jose Ruben told her, "As the word of God says, 'One does not live by bread alone,' …
Teach us to pray
… of God and of ourselves as part of the Family of God. This is home base for our journey of Lent, the reference point for our confidence that we are loved and empowered to love one another. …
Leading the way
… led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil” (Matt 4:1). … First Sunday of Lent … Gn 2:7-9; 3:1-7; Ps 51; Rom 5:12-19 ; Mt 4:1-11 If original sin turned the garden of … us to claim that we can be rival gods, little sovereigns free to create our own reality. Lent is the time when we learn again to submit. The basic truth held by all the Peoples of the …
First Sunday of Lent: Put to the test
… church and our society, are continually tempted to betray our vocation to be images of God. Lent is our time to reappropriate our own baptismal commitment and to confront and expose …
Make time this Lent to love the excluded, defenseless, despised, pope says
… suffer from war, violence, exclusion, material and spiritual poverty," he said in his address. Lent is also an opportune time for responding to this call because the season "calls us to …
Fasting and feasting
… 58:1-9a ; Mt 9:14-15 The question of fasting in the Lectionary readings is raised because of Lent. When the disciples of John the Baptist asked Jesus why they and the Pharisees were … of his body. But we have tasted the glory to come, and it fills us with hope and joy. Lent repeats the ancient pilgrimage in the desert that defines God’s Pilgrim People. As a church, …
Suspect in shooting death of LA Bishop O'Connell charged with murder
… said in a statement. "As Catholics around Los Angeles and the nation start the holy season of Lent, let us reflect on Bishop O'Connell's life of service and dedication to those in greatest …
Is the Holy Spirit leading you — or driving you — into synodality?
… The Gospel reading this Sunday ought to be familiar to most churchgoers. Every First Sunday of Lent, we hear proclaimed a version of Jesus' time in the desert following his baptism in the … which will pave the way for his execution and resurrection. As we begin another season of Lent this week and continue to reflect on the Holy Spirit in this series of columns, I believe … by the Holy Spirit. While most of us are not being led or driven into a literal desert this Lent, I do see something of a parallel for the whole church as we continue to engage in the …
Losing and finding
… choices in new circumstances and challenges. Discipleship frames and guides our progress. Lent is the perfect time to give this our attention. As long as we are following and imitating …