Monday, Week Two of Lent The Responsorial (Psalm 79) gives a key to the readings: “Lord, do not deal with us according to our sins .” In...

Sunday, Second Week of Lent The Event and the Glory that Motivate Discipleship Inventory How much do I think about the event of Christ’s...

Saturday, Week One of Lent The Responsorial (Psalm 119 ) asserts the blessing of discipleship: “Happy are they who follow the law of the...

Friday, Week One of Lent The Responsorial (Psalm 130) is both truth and trust: “If you, O Lord, laid bare our guilt, who could endure...

Thursday, First Week of Lent The Responsorial (Psalm 138) is a testimony “O Lord, on the day I called for help you answered me!” Esther...

Wednesday of Lent, Week One The Responsorial (Psalm 51) is an insight into God: “A broken, humbled heart, O God, you will not scorn.”...

Tuesday, Week One of Lent The Responsorial (Psalm 34) assures us: “From all their afflictions, God will deliver the just.” Isaiah 55:...

Monday, Week One of Lent The Responsorial (John 6:63 and Psalm 19) could be the motto for the discipleship to which the Liturgy of the...

THE FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT (Year A) Entering Discipleship: the Recognition of Sin Inventory To what do I attribute the evils in our...

Saturday After Ash Wednesday Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may be faithful in your sight (Psalm 86). Isaiah 58: 9-14 presents two...

Thursday after Ash Wednesday Happy are they who hope in the Lord! (Psalm 1). Deuteronomy 30: 15-20 sets before us the basic “either-or”...

ASH WEDNESDAY* Lent is a time to change together Inventory Do you think things can be turned around in our society without a massive...

Inventory What do you think it means to be a "disciple" of Jesus? What is your experience of it? What questions have you asked Jesus?...

The Responsorial verse is: "The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock" (see Jeremiah 31:10-13). Ezekiel 37:21-28 is God's...

The Responsorial Psalm brings to mind a fundamental principle of the spiritual life, a truth we need to know: sometimes we enter into our...

The Responsorial Psalm gives us a motive to persevere in discipleship: "The Lord remembers his covenant forever​" (Psalm 105)....

The Responsorial Psalm teaches us to look beyond the present moment and believe in what God can and will do. Then we will sing: "Glory...

The Responsorial Psalm accepts the reality that often we do not cry out to God until we are in "distress." Still, we know God will hear...

The Responsorial Psalm assures us that God is always present to help and protect us, even when things seem most dark: "Even though I walk...

Inventory What kind of people are the greatest danger to Christianity today? Who were the most vicious opponents of Jesus in his time? Am...