Posted in Easter, Gospels, Holy Week on March 23, 2008 | No Comments »
We often approach Lent as the opportunity for a fresh start, a time to make changes in our lives, to let go of bad habits, to grow spiritually. And we approach it sort of like a liturgical marathon, with the final push to Easter taking place during Holy Week. But Easter is more than a [...]
Posted in Holy Week, Lent, Palm Sunday on March 16, 2008 | No Comments »
The next week marks the high point of our Church year. The French existentialist philosopher Albert Camus once wrote, “There is no sun without shadow. It is essential that we know the night.” Christians know that there can be no resurrection without the cross.
We hear two different versions of Jesus’ Passion this week. On Palm [...]
Posted in Gospels, Lectionary, Lent on March 9, 2008 | No Comments »
For much of our lives we wander in a hazy routine of daily tasks and comfortable relationships. But when tragedy breaks into our lives, even the most orderly among us can’t prevail against its chaos. We see this in the reaction of Martha, so familiar as the woman too busy with her domestic tasks to [...]
Posted in Gospels, Lectionary, Lent on March 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Today is the middle of three Sundays that explore the great metaphors of water, light and life, all key images for the baptismal promises we celebrate at Easter. In today’s Gospel, John tells the story of the man born blind and what happens when he encounters the Light of the world in the person of [...]
