Today Christians around the world commemorate the death of Jesus on a Friday we so strangely call good. On his journey to the cross, Jesus experiences the fullness of human dysfunction: greed, jealousy, disloyalty, fear, abandonment, and death itself. We too experience this in our own flesh. Good Friday allows us to admit our own… Read More Lenten Reflection Series: The Redemptive Power of Christ and the Cross
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Millennial writer Mike Jordan Laskey has a new article at NCR. He writes: One night recently, Genevieve grabbed my hand and planted it on her abdomen. “Feel that?” she asked. I did. That first kick I felt was a clear sign that there was a life present that hadn’t been there just a few months… Read More MJL: A first-time expectant father during Holy Week
Tonight we begin the Triduum. Tonight we gather together in remembrance of Christ. Tonight we celebrate the institution of the Paschal Meal and join in the Supper of the Lamb. This meal is what the Church has called the “the source and summit of the Christian life” (c.f. Lumen Gentium, 11), so it is important… Read More Lenten Reflection Series: The Source and Summit of the Christian Life
“What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?” (Matt 26:14) I often wonder how Judas was so ready to give away his friend so quickly. It’s been said that thirty pieces of silver back then would be about the equivalent to four or five hundred American dollars today. Was… Read More Lenten Reflection Series: Into the Hands of the Father
The Bishops of Indiana have put together a very good letter on addressing poverty. Here are some highlights of Poverty at the Crossroads: The Church’s Response to Poverty in Indiana: As bishops who serve the people of God, our concern is for everyone, regardless of their religious affiliation, race, ethnic background, economic or social status.… Read More Indiana’s Bishops Tackle Poverty
My mouth shall declare your justice, day by day your salvation (Psalm 71: 15). During this Lenten season, we are asked to reflect on the times we have failed to uphold the morals that we are supposed to value above all else. In today’s reading in particular, we are reminded of the painful betrayal that… Read More Lenten Reflection Series: Doing God’s Will, Pursuing Justice
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