Lent? Not a big fan of this season, even though I’m very fond of purple, love soup and rarely pass up opportunities to ponder great mysteries. During Lent I am, as they say in some circles, “restless, irritable and discontent.” Please know that this not from giving up chocolate. I never renounce stuff like chocolate. [...]
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Lenten…Shabbat? In my strange little world these words go together just fine, possibly because my Jewish mother was as likely to serve fish as she was to serve roasted chicken on Fridays. As a result, Lenten observances on Fridays like eating fish and attending Stations of the Cross services, feel cozy rather than penitential — [...]
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I’m having one of those so-called milestone birthdays in a few weeks. On Ash Wednesday. If my birthday wasn’t coinciding with the beginning of Lent, I’d probably ignore it. I mention this not to receive birthday balloons while being signed by ashes, but to note how at this point in my life, other birth-type days [...]
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It’s Friday and with plenty of time before sunset, I dashed over* to The Catholic Community of St. Ignatius (Baltimore) to get these: *Grateful to all who made this happen!
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I try to live in sync with the liturgical year because doing so provides a glorious framework for daily living. I mention this because revising my book, Come to the Table: A Passover Seder for Parish Use during Advent felt downright weird. But an author needs to do what an author needs to do, so [...]
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Note: I jotted this down in real time last Friday evening and didn’t get around to posting it. Another week has passed with a new set of stresses and demands. May I be graced with the energy to get myself to Vespers tonight. I feel like going to Mass this evening and am marveling, a [...]
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I’m all for finding God in the silence. For me this means taking lots of naps, especially during the winter with its protracted darkness and chill. Never mind that I also nap during the summer to escape sunlight that has become entirely too fierce. Truth to tell, I often feel called to nap throughout the [...]
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Forget childlike excitement on the night before Christmas, this adult is way more enthusiastic about celebrating four weeks of Advent. Advent is my favorite season, which is somewhat ironic because I’m not known for having much patience. I gave up baking soufflés many years ago because they required “watchful waiting.” The only houseplants I’ll buy [...]
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“What would you like to save on today?” I was wandering through an online store and noticed how this question kept appearing adjacent to the site’s search prompt. What would I like to save on? Psycho-spiritual wear and tear came immediately to mind, so I typed in “soul.” When I clicked the “Go” button, 5,910 [...]
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