"While this large gathering is primarily youth populated, in my experience now, individuals of all ages attend this event. This in turn, allows everyone the opportunity to grow from one another and feel as though we have a faith community within reach, all over the world, despite sometimes feeling alone in our faith journey."...
" Lent for me is not a time for mourning over sins, but trying to realize more fully that they are forgiven, and that forgiveness motivates me to do better"...
"However, the most significant use of forty in this particular situation is the forty days that Jesus spent in the wilderness before he embarked on his public ministry."...
"There are so many people and even whole countries that are experience desperate poverty with children and other vulnerable people by the thousands even millions dying each day. It is shamefully little for me to experience a bit of hunger from time to time. "...
"The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming describes a spiritual journey taken by Nouwen that began when he viewed a reproduction and then spent a long time contemplating the original of Rembrandt's The Return of the Prodigal Son."...
"Caring for somebody, usually a loved one, with long term illness, perhaps for somebody who is waiting to die, can be rewarding, but can also be an occasion where immense courage and patience are needed."...
"Pope Francis discovers God in the daily lives of the faithful. Therefore, he says, we must listen, discern and dialogue together: the Church is all of us." ...
" Prophets come in all “sizes” – parents teaching their children gospel values; preachers talking about all the life issues in their sermons, politicians voting their conscience, and so forth."...
"before the triumph of new life at Easter, we learn a great lesson on the first day of Lent from the ceremony of Ash Wednesday ie) we will all die, but then we will all live a new life. "...
