Spiritual

Monday of Holy Week April 14, 2025 Isaiah 42:1-7: This excerpt from one of the four Suffering Servant Songs of Isaiah, explains in detail what is required since “I have called you for the victory of justice.” It is a tall order! But remember, it is not a task to be done alone. Collectively we […]

Palm Sunday April 13, 2025 Holy Week begins today. This is the best week of the year for Christians, and coincidently, it is the first day of Passover which began last night. How wonderful that both Christians and Jews will celebrate their holiest days together this year! This conjunction should remind us of how much

Saturday Week 5 of Lent April 12, 2025 Jeremiah: In today’s canticle from Jeremiah, we hear that the Lord “guards them as a shepherd his flock.” Ever look at a flock or a herd? Notice that they are not uniform. There are young and old, fat and lean, different colors of wool and hides, yet

Friday Week 5 of Lent April 11, 2025 Jeremiah and John: “Terror on every side!” cries Jeremiah. In the Gospel, Jesus asks which of his good works provoked the crowd to want to stone him. We’ve all heard the adage, “No good deed goes unpunished.” It feels like that all too often. Should that make

Thursday Week 5 of Lent April 10, 2025 Genesis: God changed Abram’s name to Abraham which means “the father of nations.” But did the changing of his name change the man? Was he really different? Does acquiring a title change that person fundamentally? If one becomes a doctor, a member of the clergy, or president

Wednesday Week 5 of Lent April 9, 2025 John: “The truth will set you free,” says the author of John’s Gospel. But what is truth? Would we know it if we saw or heard it? We, all too often, live in our own little silos, divided into ‘them verses us’. ‘We know the truth, they

Tuesday Week 5 of Lent April 8, 2025 Exodus: The Israelites were sick and tired of manna. Day in and day out all they ate was manna. It was a miracle but tiresome in its sameness. Routines can become boring, feeling like being stuck in a rut. How to get out? Become an activist! Volunteer

Monday Week 5 of Lent April 7, 2025 Psalm 23 is probably the most familiar of all 150 psalms. “The Lord is my shepherd.” Our Good Shepherd promises quiet repose by restful waters. There we will be refreshed from our daily tasks. Where can we find these quiet places in our lives? We are bombarded

Sunday Week 5 of Lent April 6, 2025 John: Why is it always women who must take the blame and suffer the consequences? The woman caught “in the very act of committing adultery” was made to stand before Jesus and the crowd alone. All alone. Where was the man? Society lays heavy burdens on women—then

Saturday Week 4 of Lent April 5, 2024 John’s Gospel for today, shows us how people are judged even before they open their mouths because of where they are from, their background, their social status. If they are different, we don’t trust or like then. “Can anyone from there be any good?” “He goes to