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Walking Through Lent with the Risen Christ

Wrapping up an Ignatian retreat shortly before the start of Lent, I said to a priest-friend, “How am I supposed to go from feeling...

Landscape, History, and Faith

My husband and I recently toured Morocco for two weeks. We were with a small group of people, a guide, and a driver. I...

Love and Freedom

This post is by Barbara Lee, author of God Isn’t Finished with Me Yet: Discovering the Spiritual Graces of Later Life, as she begins...

Letting This Lent Be God’s

What if this Lent we didn’t approach the practices of prayer, almsgiving, and fasting with an eye to what we can do to transform...

God in the Mess

In my early 20s, I had my life all planned out. I pictured living with my husband and three very well-behaved children who played...

Still Us as We Approach Lent

A recent New Yorker cartoon shows a couple in their swimsuits lounging under an umbrella on some beach. The caption reads: “Oh, no. We’re...

Enkindling the World Before Lent

This short period of Ordinary Time after the Christmas season is a great time to prepare ourselves for the season of Lent, leading to...

God in the Annoying

Take a minute to think of the person who annoys you most in your life, the one who always seems to find his or...

Like a Trapeze Artist When We Begin Something New

Years ago, when I was leaning into a new season of life, my spiritual director compared going through a season of change to being...

Mary’s Lesson of the Present Moment

For most people who celebrate Christmas, this season becomes a time of surviving tasks and events. We spend days, if not weeks, planning parties,...

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