The Cross
Today is Good Friday. At 2pm, I will drive to our local Cathedral and participate in the Celebration of Our Lord’s Passion. To those unfamiliar with the Good Friday service (it is not a Mass), the day will include a reading of the Passion account from John’s Gospel, Veneration of the Cross, and then Holy
God Slapped
I often have difficulty meditating on the Passion. I don’t know if it’s a psychological thing where I can’t bear to reflect on the pain and torture that Jesus endured, or a pride thing where I believe I’d never be one in the crowd to yell, “Crucify Him!”. It’s difficult for me to connect with;
God Messed Up My Lent
Is the title a little clickbaity? Maybe, but you’re here… and, it was kind of the truth at the time. Well, you’ll see… I had a pretty good plan for my 2024 Lent: In my humble opinion, it was a good plan. Everything had a purpose, some more obvious than others; all personal but would
Pregaming Lent
You may think this is a sacrilegious post… pounding a few bottles of Merlot before Ash Wednesday. ’tis not the case (pun intended). No, I’m taking this newly discovered season of Septuagesima seriously and putting it into practice as the Church intended many years ago. Just as a couch potato shouldn’t expect to finish a