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Transformation
… him and that we have also risen with him ("Christ Rising," from Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter , The Plough Publishing House, 2003). Jesus has come from God to live in our …
Ending the winter of my discontent
… learned anything from this personal chapter in weather adaptation, only time can tell. For Lent, I gave up complaining about global warming, climate change, forecasts of disasters, and all … time to be concerned with. After all, that job is for another to sort out. Right? But now, Lent is over and as the pipes loosen and my sewage flows freely again, I will sing alleluia this …
Anti-Semitism is not a thing of the past
… passages that appear to pit "the Jews" against Jesus. For example, on the Fourth Sunday of Lent in the A cycle, we read from John's Gospel about the man born blind whom Jesus cured. John …
Holy Week music sets a high bar, but one church rises to the challenge
… the African-American spiritual "Were You There When They Crucified my Lord?" And often during Lent, there's "Panis Angelicus" ("Bread of Angels") by Cesar Franck. But setting the bar is …
A look at the military from another angle
… cream as I have done above. Indeed, Packer makes me want to read all of these authors. This Lent, I've written mostly about problems within the U.S. military. Maybe over this summer and …
Letter written to pope on behalf of LGBT homeless youth
… time with Catholics around the globe celebrating Holy Week this week, marking the end of Lent and the celebration of Easter. Furthermore, the pope will hold a global meeting of bishops …
Faith leads young man with cancer to resolve to live life to the utmost
… and listened to the young man share the remarkable resolution of what he was giving up for Lent. At the time, Swinney, then 26, had already been diagnosed with the most severe stage of … forced Swinney into the hospital, Nagel came to visit. During one visit when they talked about Lent, Swinney shared the resolution he wanted to make. "Out of nowhere, he said, 'I'm going to … all the time. It took a lot of things out of the equation. It let me focus on my life." During Lent of 2013, one of Swinney's main goals was to be baptized in the church. When Swinney's life …
There is comfort, strength in the story of Lazarus' death
… that we heard today is the last of those signs and the most extraordinary. … Fifth Sunday of Lent … Ezekiel 37:12-14 Psalms 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 Romans 8:8-11 John 11:1-45 Full text of the …
Signs that reveal
… ahead to future events -- for example, the Eucharist. CEL_Apr062014.jpg … Fifth Sunday of Lent … Ezekiel 7:12-14 Psalm 130 Romans 8:8-11 John 11:1-45 But, in the fourth Gospel, the …
At Easter, we go from blindness to deep, clear sight
… Thomas Gumbleton … Now we have completed three weeks of the season of Lent, a season that began on Ash Wednesday when we were signed with those ashes that reminded us … a right perspective all the goods of the earth that we cherish so much. … Fourth Sunday of Lent … 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a Psalms 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 Ephesians 5:8-14 John 9:1-41 Full … have so all could have a full life -- and prayer. Those three things always mark the season of Lent, and I trust that we have been trying to be more alert to doing penance, disciplining …