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The comfort of tweeting through Lent
… Nicole Symmonds … For the last few years, I have given up social media for Lent. Like a passenger leaving for a great adventure, I announce my departure from all my social … accompanying image, I tell friends and family that I am taking some time away to focus during Lent. This year was no different. I posted my obligatory departure message on Facebook and … came and went, and I found myself unable to leave Twitter. About a week and a half into Lent, I woke up in the middle of the night. Unable to go back to sleep, I scrambled for my phone …
Fifth Sunday of Lent: Invited into new life
Today, in a story unusual for the Gospel of John, we meet an unnamed woman famous because Jesus saved her from a crowd who were out to get him. Picture today’s passion-filled Gospel scene. It opens when a group of meticulously righteous prigs interrupt Jesus as he is teaching near the Temple. They incorporate Jesus in the periphery of the circle they form around a helpless, probably angry and…
Caritas Ukraine president: To help, listen to your heart, then act
… agreed was not getting the whole story of what is happening — supports this war. The end of Lent arrives at the Resurrection, "but there's a passion and a crucifixion that is happening," …
Eco-friendly Lent recipe: mushroom tempeh fajitas
"Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And he fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, 'If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.' But he answered, 'It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'" (…, Recipe:, Mushroom tempeh fajitas, Vegan mushroom tempeh fajitas are filled with flavorful spices and colorful vegetables. These fajitas are the perfect meatless dinner recipe!, Ingredients, 1/2 cup vegetable broth 1/4 cup lime juice 1 tablespoon cumin, divided 1/2 teaspoon cayenne, divided 1 8-ounce block tempeh, sliced 3 medium bell peppers, sliced 2 portobello mushrooms, sliced 1/2 cup frozen corn 1 teaspoon chili powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon paprika 1 teaspoon onion powder 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1/8 teaspoon black pepper corn tortillas, cilantro, and jalapenos, Instructions, In a medium bowl, mix the vegetable broth, lime juice, 2 teaspoons cumin and 1/4 teaspoon cayenne. Arrange the tempeh strips in a container and pour the vegetable broth marinade over the tempeh. Let sit at least 15 minutes. Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Reserve at least 1/2 cup of the tempeh marinade. Add the tempeh to the skillet and cook, using the marinade liquid if necessary to…
Success and failure
… his reputation and incite violence against him. See how he handles adversity and scandal. Lent tells the story of Jesus’ descent from acceptance to rejection. God’s messenger to a sinful … on himself the sins of the world in order to liberate sinners from the power of death. Our Lent is about taking up this same pattern of dying to self in order to live for others in …
Eco-friendly Lent recipe: mushroom lentil stew
We are called to love and honor God, but what does that really mean? The prologue to the Catechism of the Catholic Church says, "God, infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan of sheer goodness freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life. For this reason, at every time and in every place, God draws close to man. He calls man to seek him, to know him, to love him with…, ', s faithful are called to hand on [the faith] from generation to generation, by professing the faith, by living it in fraternal sharing, and by celebrating it in liturgy and prayer." We are instructed to profess the faith — acknowledge that we are faithful and that we believe in God — and to live the faith. And that can be expressed in different ways. There are many charisms, religious orders and…, ', s initial instruction to humankind to protect the Earth, by making choices every day that help preserve creation, especially by choosing foods that are as minimally destructive to the environment as possible. God gave us these four relationships: relationship with God, relationship with ourselves, relationship with others, and relationship with creation. So let, ', s honor God by intentionally tending to these relationships every day. We don, ', t have to feel shame about our present or past. No matter what your current experience is with these four relationships, I simply invite you to consider these relationships and how you can make decisions today to improve them in the future. What small steps (or maybe large changes) can you take toward bettering these four relationships?, Recipe:, Mushroom lentil stew, Vegan mushroom lentil stew is a hearty, flavorful dish that, ', s ready in just 40 minutes. Made with lentils, mushrooms, carrots and some spices, this dish is simple yet still packed with protein and fiber., Ingredients, 16 oz mushrooms, sliced 1 yellow onion, finely diced 2 large carrots, finely chopped 4 cups vegetable broth 2 cups water 1 1/2 cup green lentils 1 teaspoon dried sage 1/2 teaspoon ground thyme salt, to taste, Instructions, Sauté the mushrooms, onion and carrots in a large pot for 5–7 minutes, until they are soft. Use a splash of vegetable broth if necessary to prevent sticking. Add the broth, water, lentils, sage and thyme. Bring to a boil then let simmer 20 minutes, until the lentils are cooked. Remove from the heat, serve and enjoy! Find recipe notes, substitutions, and other nutritional information on…
New book: Francis' 'field hospital' is answer to neoconservative culture wars
… civilization" and that "elevating the Middle Ages as a model of 'Christian civilization' lent support to a pro-fascist antimodernism." That was 1936. Plus ca change. The latter third of …
God in us
… human face of God, Jesus was drawing everyone to the heart of God. In these final weeks of Lent, the Lectionary offers us the narrative theology of the fourth Gospel, for whom belief in …
More faith
… will receive eternal life. Our Lenten journey is likewise a step-by-step prayer for faith. Lent uncovers our need for God, our hunger and thirst for holiness, and it exposes our weaknesses …
Be reconciled
… and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found” (Luke 15:32) … Fourth Sunday of Lent … Jos 5:9a, 10-12 ; Ps 34:9; 2 Cor 5:17-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 The brilliant parable of the …