Life is changed, not ended. There is bound to be a word that describes this concept better than “paradox,” but so much about faith is paradoxical it’s the best I can do. (perhaps, a reader will have the right word and pass it on.) In our spiritual life, it is suggested that we can be…
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Tuesday In Holy Week
When I was a young boy, Easter meant either going to my grandmother’s or driving to Water Valley, Mississippi to my grandmother’s twin sister’s home. We’d go to a sunrise service at the large cemetery on the outskirts of Memphis, have an Easter egg hunt in the huge field of daffodils behind my Grandmother’s house, and…
Monday In Holy Week
About now, we start having fun with the debates about when Lent ends – Ms. Worthen’s rule (Friday after church), Saturday noon, or Sunday at sunrise? Well we aren’t there yet and instead of coasting to the finish line, let’s break out into a sprint. Lent has been about change, and change doesn’t come easy.…
Saturday In the Fifth Day of Lent
Our duty… is to set aside regular times for worship, prayer, and study of God’s ways. – The Catechism p. 847 As we approach Holy Week we might be inclined to think that my time of meditation, prayer, and study is about over. We start thinking about all the work that needs to be…
Friday In the Fifth Week of Lent
I learned something new recently. In truth, I learn something new every day, but this one really made me think. Do you know what’s special about the “land of milk and honey”, why that phrase has so much significance? It’s because both milk and honey are rare foods in that nothing must die to produce…