lent

  • No Place Like Home

    There’s no place like home. This passage from Isaiah (65:17-21), which is the Old Testament reading for mass today (March 16, 2026), is meant to be a promise of hope. The image it presents – an entirely new reality, in which the past tears are wiped away and only joy exists, where no child dies…

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  • Canticle of Lent

    Canticle of Lent

    Altissimu, omnipotente bon Signore, Tue so le laude, la gloria e l’honore et onne benedictione. One year I tried to give up impatient driving for Lent. That didn’t go so great. Count me among those who can’t wait for autonomous vehicles to replace all the other drivers on the road. Ad Te solo, Altissimo, se…

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  • Surrender

    Surrender

    I was kind of hoping I could just give up social media for Lent. Actually, that was my plan – to give up scrolling, as I did last year. God had other plans, I guess.  While I was praying on Ash Wednesday about what was getting in the way of me trusting God, what I…

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