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This Holy Week, 'Touch the Wounds' invites us to be changed
… — like Thomas exclaiming, "My Lord and my God!" after the Resurrection. And isn't that what Lent is about, at best? In this season, Halik invites readers to be disrupted by seeing God in …
What Lenten leftovers from mis tías taught me about death and resurrection
… Gustavo Arellano … Almost every Thursday this Lent, I've received the same call from my father. "¡ Mexicano! Tu tía cocinó para cuaresma, y te va mandar comida ." ("Mexican! Your aunt made food for Lent, and she's going to send you some.") He'll say this usually on Thursdays, always after … chefs who cook wonderful meals at the many family get-togethers they host year-round. But come Lent, they and millions of other Mexican moms work especially diligently to prepare a rotating …
What if we gave up nuclear weapons for Lent?
… communal "we" as disciples of the nonviolent Christ. What if we gave up nuclear weapons for Lent? Is this just an off-the-wall question? Or does it focus our attention on a central issue of … all this conflict, the quiet river of Catholic seasons flows, once more, into the season of Lent. We hear the usual question, "What are you giving up for Lent?" It may be a familiar question, but I believe it is the wrong question. To be clear, I …
Truth sets us free
… truth that sets us free. ---------------------------------------- … NCR Editor’s note … During Lent and Holy Week, many of the scripture readings will reflect the political and religious …
Q&A: Shaun Larcom on the effect of a return to meatless Fridays for UK Catholics
… obligation for Catholics to abstain from eating meat on Fridays year-round (not just during Lent). Rather, they had hoped that reintroducing the communal and visible practice would result … eating meat on other days of the week as well — Wednesdays and Saturdays and during Advent and Lent and lots of other times. But Friday, I think, has always been special in that it is a form … on this ancient tradition within the Catholic Church that could have the same impact. … During Lent, we often associate not eating meat with eating fish instead. In America, we even see fast …
It's time for a Catholic ethic that sees sexuality as a gift, not a curse
… like "sexuality." As arbitrary, powerful feelings, there was little about their nature that lent to their being conceptually incorporated into an overarching, integrated reality. The idea …
Lazarus, come out!
… Pat Marrin … “Let us also go with him to die” (John 11:15). … Fifth Sunday of Lent … Ez 37:12-14 ; Ps 130; Rom 8:8-11 ; Jn 11:1-45 The story of the raising of Lazarus is a …
Fifth Sunday of Lent: The dynamic of God's love
As John the Evangelist shows us how he understood Jesus, we run into some disconcerting ideas. Last week, we heard that the blind man's disability was not a result of anyone's sin, but the occasion for seeing the glory of God. This week, Jesus explains that Lazarus' illness "is for the glory of God that the Son of God may be glorified through it." That could sound a bit like my scrupulous Irish…
Fast or feast: Meatless meals can provide what you — and the world — need
… Elizabeth Varga … Many Catholics fast from meat on Fridays during Lent to take on a more penitential posture. For them, choosing meatless meals is a way to … the nutrition our bodies need! As a vegan Catholic, I want to eat plant-based meals during Lent that serve as a way to abstain and fast prayerfully. So I take an approach to cooking that … this time of year. But vegan recipes can also be incredibly indulgent and celebratory — when Lent is over, and the church is feasting, I continue to abstain from meat and other animal-based …
This Lent: 'Being is what we become when doing is done'
… Christine Schenk … I rarely give anything up for Lent. Over the years, I have discovered that Lent inevitably comes to me. This year was no exception. On Mardi Gras, I underwent a total knee … it be like? It is a question I have successfully avoided until now. (Did I mention that it is Lent?) On Sunday, as I sit in chapel with my senior sisters (whose rollators line the hallway), I …
Where are you coming from?
… others. To be formed in Christ means that this is who we are and where we are coming from. Lent carries us toward Holy Week. We must decide who we think Jesus is and whether or not we will …