"It now makes much sense to me how all of us, disciples of Jesus, trying to live the light/life we received at baptism, have a direct effect on those around us through our striving to be sinless."...
"The world didn’t get to see Canada make aviation history but the world did wake up to the fact we had the brain power to produce such an advanced feat of science and technology.”...
"Perhaps because our era shares some of the same types of anxiety that Kierkegaard’s era suffered, we might also benefit from listening to the deep divine hope Kierkegaard offered to the fears of people in his era, 200 years ago:"...
"Lent is a period of preparation, a type of spiritual retreat that evokes the experience of the desert. Perhaps the grace we can pray for in this week of our Lenten journey is the grace of listening with ears of discernment, of being attentive to how we need to grow and experience further initiation into our faith."...
"One could say that these stresses or worries or even temptations are my personal Devil taunting me down a certain path just as the Devil did with Christ during His time in the desert. This time allows for reassessing and bringing things into focus."...
"To eat is to live off the sacrifice of other life. This is most obvious when it comes to meat and its inevitable slaughter of animals. However, even vegans thrive on the cutting short of vegetal life. Food is the most precious, unconditional giving of one being to another."...
"When you truly give up giving up, other people’s indifference and resignation to perennial problems cease to hold water in your personal case. Truly to give up giving up is to stick your neck out in a very uncomfortable manner"...
"Like many good Christian practices, the roots of this day are of non-Christian origin. It was accepted into the beliefs of the Catholic Church at the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. But it still took a while to get to the holy day of prayer, fasting, and repentance that we acknowledge."...
Tomorrow marks the beginning of Lent 2019 and in many parishes the day will begin with the ceremony of the ashes....
