Lent V: Am I really willing to stand up to the religious and political authorities so I can see Jesus today? Am I really willing to give up my life for Jesus?
Lent IV: But instead we know a God who will not force us, and will not protect us from pain. But Christ on the cross promises us a love that will go with us no matter what, and this love is capable of picking up the pieces with us and making something whole and alive and new.
Lent II: What is your cross? Jesus doesn’t say go out and find your cross. Just open your eyes. Look around you, see the pain and struggle and human need around you, and pick it up and follow him. It’s the secret to living a real life.
Lent I: If you have the courage to face this wilderness within and around you, you will encounter temptations, for sure. But you will also discover the strength of God.
The Last Sunday After the Epiphany: She reached out her hand and touched the stone bathed in color, and she began to trace its light and its movement, and she was so immersed in this light that she seemed to glow from within.
Ephiphany IV: Every Sunday it is as if Christ stands in our midst, ready to give us the peace and strength we need. We come for our weekly dose of words and music, and of the bread and wine of the Eucharist, what the ancient church called “the medicine of the soul.”