Holy Week shows us what love looks like

The story of the Prodigal Son reminds us that God is ever-patient and always willing to welcome us home, regardless of what we might have done or of how far we have strayed.

As we travel along, the Readings this Sunday remind us there should be an urgency and sense of purpose to our journey

Jesus wants us to see his glory, so that we can cling to that experience

The temptation to choose our own way and will over God’s is never far away

This Sunday’s Readings are inviting us to look at our lives and on the realities of the world around us with clear eyes

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