Spiritual

Monday Week 3 of Lent March 24, 2025 Psalm 42: Today’s psalm speaks of thirsting and longing. For what do people thirst? What deep longing fills the soul? I’m guessing people want to be safe, secure, warm, healthy, respected, and loved—no matter their skin color, where they were born, how or if they worship. I’m […]

Sunday Week 3 of Lent March 23, 2025 Exodus: In our first reading, we meet up with a fugitive from justice, Moses. He had killed an Egyptian who was abusing an Israelite, then fled. He repented. God saw fit to use Moses—seeing talents hidden even from Moses himself. Do we see the promise in faces

Saturday Week 2 of Lent March 22, 2025 Micah:  Where do the sheep graze? Micah, the prophet, begs the Lord to forgive us and return us to rich pastures. How do we change? For what do we need forgiveness? Look around at our collective sinfulness, then get out and advocate for policy changes that protect our

Friday Week 2 of Lent March 21, 2025 Matthew 21:33-46 The tenants of the vineyard in today’s Gospel are expected to tend and care for it. They are only temporarily in possession of the vineyard. We are only temporarily given stewardship of the Earth. What will we leave behind for those who come after us?

Thursday Week 2 of Lent March 20, 2025 Jeremiah 17:10 and Luke 16:19-31 Lazarus, the beggar, was poor, sick, and neglected. The unnamed rich man (any unnamed person in Sacred Scripture is intended to be us, so insert your own name into the story) didn’t even see Lazarus. Today the poor, hungry, and sick are

Wednesday Week 2 of Lent March 19, 2025 Today is the feast of St. Joseph, Spouse of Mary, earthly father to Jesus. Joseph is the hero of Matthew’s Infancy Narrative, yet he never says a word! Nowhere in the Gospels does he speak. Joseph is the perfect example of ‘Actions speak louder than words.’ He

Tuesday Week 2 of Lent March 18, 2025 Isaiah 1:10, 16-20 “Make justice your aim.” If you want peace, work for justice. Have you written to your congressional representatives? Do it! Have you identified organizations that help the homeless, hungry, sick, who work for a better society? Do it! Think about running for office or

Monday Week 2 of Lent March 17, 2025 Luke 6:36-38 “Give and gifts will be given to you…For the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.” Generosity begins at home we’ve been told. Is it easier to be generous to those we don’t know? We can’t judge them (or shouldn’t anyway)

Sunday Week 2 of Lent March 16, 2025 Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18 Abraham and Sarah left their home, their land, their relatives, everything they knew, and traveled far on the promise of a better life. How many do the same today? We bless Abraham and Sarah for emigrating to a new country, but we condemn the

Saturday Week 1 of Lent March 15, 2025 Matthew 5:43-48 “… your Heavenly Father…causes rain to fall on the just and unjust.” That seems so unjust! I want to see the wicked get their just desserts. But ‘vengeance is mine’ says the Lord. So, I must bless the rain—God’s mercy—and allow God to work things