Ash Wednesday [b] February 18, 2015

Ash Wednesday February 18, 2015

Lenten Reflections 2015: Ash Wednesday

A clear call asks for our clear response. A journey is before us with wondrous provisions: instructions on prayer, fasting, and works. And so it begins.  

Lenten Reflections 2015: First Sunday of Lent

As the Lord lives through deep learning in the wilderness, a clown king inflicts violence on His friend. We look for psalms and springs even as we recognize puppet oppressors.  

Lenten Reflections 2015: Second Sunday of Lent

In the Mountaintop of God's many revelations to us, we explore the ways of laying down one's life for a friend. We discern the chains of oppression that we help maintain. Copyright © 2015,...
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Lenten Reflections 2015: Third Sunday of Lent

We encounter deadly machines and structures and see that we must remember God and love one another. We make a life-giving pit stop at the Sacrament of Reconciliation.  

Lenten Reflections 2015: Fourth Sunday Lent

Terrible suffering wherever we look, often the consequence of ignoring the Signs of the Times. Yet boundless love is before us too. We redouble our efforts.Copyright © 2015, Education for Justice, a...
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Lenten Reflections 2015: Fifth Sunday of Lent

We see the New Covenant but it's not only connected to love, it's connected to suffering. We must move away from ourselves and towards God.  

Lenten Reflections 2015: Palm Sunday

We enter the Holy City. So which is it, Oh People of God: jubilation or destruction? The journey requires that we empty ourselves. We are disheartened to face brutality.  

Lenten Reflections 2015: Holy Thursday

On Holy Thursday. we enter the Luminous Palace of the Sacred Triduum where we learn how to wash feet. We remember the Body of Christ and we celebrate an ancient freedom of remembrance.  

Lenten Reflections 2015: Good Friday

Evil is revealed to be cowardly and impotent before the Lord of the Dance. We walk alongside the Suffering Servant. We cry nonetheless, just as Jesus wept.  

Lenten Reflections: Holy Saturday

We reenter our womb through this most sacred liturgy and renew our baptismal vows. We cross the threshold from darkness into light. We are dizzy with graces.  

Lenten Reflections 2015: Easter Sunday

We rejoice and are glad and we sit back and relax, reveling in the light. And so it begins. It is the First Day.