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What we are tempted to see as defeat, is really victory. What we tend to believe is the end, is

In the nine days following Our Lord’s Ascension, the Holy Apostles and the disciples spent their time in prayer. St

Pandemics, like death, can, if we let them, focus the mind. And the spirit. On what, or who, we take

For a little while we are enduring sadness and suffering. This “little while” is not chiefly about the current pandemic.

The dirt had been cleared away, and the three wooden crosses lay carelessly in their grave one on top of

Fear paralyzed the disciples. That is why they locked themselves in the upper room. They were afraid of the same

Christ is risen! Nothing else matters. Which is why one of our bishops once said that, “Other people would not

What we offered Our Lord, and what He graciously took from us, was the consequence of the contagion of sin.

To love someone to the end is to do whatever you must for their good, their well-being, their health, their

When we see people suffer, when we contemplate the scale of misery and grief, it seems right to feel sorry

“They forsook him and fled.” That is by far the most devastating sentence in the story of Our Lord’s Passion.

Like the perfume of the incense which clings to our clothing and to our hair, the sweet-smelling savor of the

This Holy Week is tough, but it is not unbearable. It is tough because we are not in our usual

Our Lord Jesus seems to be hiding, especially during these perplexing days. It feels like He is not hearing our

Several weeks ago when we followed Jesus out into the wilderness, we thought we knew where he was leading us.