Why doesn’t the Church require more demanding fasting for Lent?
Q: I think the Catholic Church’s Lenten discipline is kind of a joke. Specifically, Friday abstinence really isn’t that tough since most people aren’t going to suffer if they can’t have meat for one day a week. Why doesn’t the Church require something more demanding, like omitting all animal products on days of penance, or […]
The call to listen – and to go
Genesis 12:1-4 2 Timothy 1:8-10 Matthew 17:1-9 There is always a certain tension between ideals and reality of life. Let us be honest about that. Only those who have flattened their ideals beyond recognition do not experience it. The rest of us live in that space between what we profess and what we manage […]
This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!
Genesis 12:1-4; Psalm 33 (32); 2 Timothy 1:8-10; Matthew 17:1-9 Matt 17:1 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. Matt 17:2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling […]