I Gave It Up for Lent
“Fasting makes sense if it really chips away at our security and, as a consequence, benefits someone else, if it helps us cultivate the style of the Good Samaritan, who …
There is Power in Those Ashes!
Behold, now is a very acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. –2 Corinthians 6:2 NAB A few years ago, on Ash Wednesday, I attended a noon mass …
Even Now
Yet even now—oracle of the LORD—return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning. Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the LORD, your God, …
Fully Alive!
“The Glory of God is man fully alive.” –-St. Ireneaus Have you ever felt fully alive? I’m not talking about just having a pulse, but a time when you really …
FGG-114 Even Now
There is something very appealing about Lent. It calls us to cleanse something from within, to burn away or rend those things that keep us from a wholehearted relationship with …