1st Sunday of Lent

Saint Jerome, the brilliant doctor of the Church, lived for twenty five years in the cave…

1st Sunday of Lent

WE ARE NOW into the great season of Lent, when we spend six weeks preparing to…

1st Sunday of Lent – The Arch: From a Tool of War to a Symbol of Peace

Introduction In the mythological stories of ancient peoples, deity wielding the bow, ready to shoot arrows…

Ash Wednesday

40 things you might consider giving up for Lent There is one for each day of…

Ash Wednesday – Towards a More Meaningful Lent

Soon we will begin the holy season of Lent. In all spheres of our life―secular and…

Ash Wednesday – The Sign of Ashes

Ashes are always significant. The remains of a camp fire in the woods; of a picnic;…

Ash Wednesday

The readings of Lent are taken from a wide variety of texts in both the Old…

Ash Wednesday

As I read and prayed over today’s readings for Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten…

6th Sunday of the year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS 2

Can you recall the geography of the past weeks in these stories from Mark’s gospel? Right…

6th Sunday of the year – Love Never Fails

           When I was fourteen or fifteen I had to do a book report for…