Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Yesterday, we began a period of Lent, traditionally known as Passiontide, marked by even greater solemnity and sobriety. Perhaps your parish veiled its crucifix with purple cloth, reminiscent...

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, We passed the midpoint of Lent yesterday—Laetare Sunday! The name comes from the Latin entrance antiphon for the Mass, which begins, Laetare Jerusalem  ( “ Rejoice, O Jerusalem ” )...

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, How’s your Lent? There have already been a few days when I have found myself in the midst of a Lenten desert, grumbling like the Israelites in yesterday’s first reading, longing for...

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, The first Sunday in Lent marks the annual "Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion" and I’m still on the proverbial "cloud nine." It’s a wonderful and faith-filled gathering for...