Trinity Sunday invites us to reflect on the communion of love that is at the heart of God

Living the mystery of the Cross leaves no room for indifference

Our faith, obedience, work for justice, and service are a response to the Savior’s gift.

God’s mercy most perfectly expresses itself in God’s desire to bring us to life in Christ, even when we were dead to sin and had wandered far away.

“Love is always a gift and the only thing God asks of us is that we remember how much we are loved. And because, as I hope we all know, the only thing love asks for is love.“

In the Mystery of the Transfiguration of Jesus, we are given a glimpse of Resurrection-promise, even as we are reminded of the sacrifice of a Beloved Son.

The witness of saints like Serenus challenges us to reflect on how we cultivate the “garden” that is our own spiritual life.

The Season of Lent ultimately reminds us that holiness is possible for us only when we enter into the struggle.

It is only when we can begin to live for others—a truly worthy goal for any of us during Lent—that we have any hope of growing into the people of charity and prayer that God calls us to be.

If we are able—like Jeremiah and Jesus—to recognize the abiding and grace-giving presence of the Father in every aspect of life, then we will be able to recognize the light of Easter shining beyond and through the suffering we endure.

To live in freedom requires a choice on our part. It means that we have to do the work of Lent and strip away distractions, pretense, agenda, and the masks that we present to the world, to open ourselves to the truth that saves us.

Today the mystery of Christ and the Cross come together in a way truly confounds our expectations and which demands more than a child’s “Bible story” understanding of Jesus.

The liturgy today confronts us with a different reality: the priorities of the Reign of God do not necessarily align with those who have preference or a voice here and now. It is only the one who is innocent—the youthful Daniel and the sinless Christ—who is able to offer right judgment.

As we hear the story of the raising of Lazarus proclaimed on this Fifth Sunday of Lent, Jesus is making a promise to us: God has the power to bring life where there was once death

As we take comfort in the prayer of Savior and the mercy that we receive through him, we are also invited to pray for others, even as Moses prayed for his own people.

The Readings today are calling us to a deeper knowledge and love of the One in whom and through whom we discover the fullest expressions of the Father’s mercy and love.

Through the saving action of Jesus, we are empowered to “get up” and to live in freedom, unhindered by the attachments or sins that prevent us from living life and faith to the fullest.

On the Fourth Sunday of Lent with its rose-colored vestments, we hear the story of the blind man from the Gospel of John. In this story about being enlightened, Jesus gives the gift of sight to a man who was blind from birth.

The liturgy for this Friday of the Third Week of Lent calls us back to the essentials of love of God and love of neighbor.

If we believe in the Revelation of God in Jesus Christ, then we are called to listen to and take to heart his words for us. As the words before the Gospel remind us: “Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life; / you have the words of everlasting life.”