It’s SHROVE TUESDAY! This day gets its name from the word “shrive” meaning “to absolve” and marks the last day before the liturgical season of Lent, which is observed by an overwhelming majority of Christians during the 40 days preceding Easter. Like the Feasts of the Old Testament, it too is a prefigure of the […]
Category: Discipleship
How Beautiful Are Your Ways, Oh God!
How great are your works, O LORD! Your thoughts are very deep! – Psalm 92:5 How many are your works, LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. – Psalm 104:24 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! – Psalm […]
The Bathing Beauty: Bathsheba
Behold, you desire truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart. – Psalms 51:6 Among the genealogies of Jesus is a reference to one of five women who had a remarkable impact on the Messiah’s coming. One such woman is never recognized by her own name, referred to always as […]
How do you call it? Wisdom?
“I will do what you have asked. I give you a wise and discerning heart…” 1 Kings 3:12 I can still recall hearing for the first time as a little girl the story of young King Solomon and his request for Wisdom. ‘Course now we can all ask for Wisdom and in fact we have […]
Why Catholics celebrate Hallow(een), All Saints AND All Souls Day
Anyone who has a soul ought to love this time of year. Why? Simple. Because at no other point of the year is there such a beautiful juxtaposition of the Great Paradoxes of Life. In a matter of just three days, a soul glimpses the great mysteries of Life: Death, Redemption, and Resurrection. It’s also […]