Category Archives: Lent
Where is Christ today?
[A repost from the past] This is the day when everything is silent. We can go about the day not giving much of a thought to it–just seeing it as the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Yet monumental things were happening in the spiritual realm. Christ descended to hell to set captives free. …
How can we ever comfort Him?
Today we remember the depths of Christ’s love for us. But how can we ever love Him in return, how can we comfort Him in His suffering? His suffering is too huge and our love is so small. As I was pondering that question last night, the Holy Spirit called to mind something I read …
But if we find grace
Judas, Peter because we are all betrayers, taking silver and eating body and blood and asking (guilty) is it I and hearing him say yes it would be simple for us all to rush out and hang ourselves but if we find grace to weep and wait after the voice of morning has crowed in …
Loving with Mary
This morning as I woke up, I began thinking again about contemplating our Lord’s Passion with Mary. I was immediately struck by the thought of how much of her time and love was spent through these difficult days in loving those that Christ loved. Peter would surely have flown to her after his denial. How …
Contemplating with Mary
There were two options for the Opening Prayer for Mass last Thursday–something I hadn’t seen yet in the new missal. Our priest chose the second option, and I will be forever grateful. The prayer reads: O God, who in this season give your Church the grace to imitate devoutly the Blessed Virgin Mary in contemplating …
Entering Holy Week
Entering Holy Week by Catherine Doherty. This is the hour of faith. We are going to need faith, because Holy Week, in a manner of speaking, will show us the reign of the prince of darkness, who rejoiced on Good Friday because he killed God, or so he thought. One picture has haunted me throughout …
If today
“If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts.” We have been praying that verse several times every morning during Lent. In essence, it is a plea to not turn away when the Lord convicts us of sin. But yesterday morning, the Lord broke into my thoughts as if to say: “What I most …
“Lent’s for the messes, the mourners, the muddled”
For those of you who feel like you’re blowing it this Lent, an encouraging post from Ann Voskamp: What to Do When You Feel Like a Loser.
Put yourself in this woman’s place
Jesus does not want our sins, our weaknesses and faults, to keep us from coming to Him, to keep us from intimacy with Him. I post again this painting by James Tissot. Put yourself in this woman’s place, a great sinner. Touch His feet, kiss His feet. And see the Lord reaching out to you …
