The Second reading for the Second Sunday of Lent asks us, “If God is for us, who can be against us? If it is God who acquits us, who will condemn?” (Rom 8:31). It is clearly helpful to have God “for us”. It definitely beats the alternative. However, I wonder, what does it mean to…

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The Lenten season has begun for 2015. Many people are setting their goals and figuring out what they need to “give up” for the next 40 days. For some, the thought has crossed their mind, but nothing has been established.

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As the Catechism of the Catholic Church says, “Lent is the primary penitential season in the Church’s liturgical year, reflecting the forty days Jesus spent in the desert in fasting and prayer”. By fasting, Jesus shows his humanity and teaches us the importance of sacrifice, self-denial and bringing our human basic needs under the control of our will. But He also tells…

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When I woke up this morning it was cold, really cold. The morning wasn’t a record breaker but five below zero is cold. That kind of cold grabs the attention in a way that an afternoon in May simply never does. I started thinking about other places that were probably colder and places that never get this cold and…

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