Daily Reflections

  Cry out, full-throated! We are used to calling out to God in times of need, of piously seeking the help of Jesus. This is all good, necessary, and beneficial. However, what of those moments of dire circumstances, moments of real tragedy in our lives, how do we respond? Are we meek and mild, or…

  “If anyone wants to be my disciple, take up his cross, and follow me.” These words sum up, radically, the Christian vocation: to become like Christ. The cross, which Christ took up, lead to his death on Calvary. We, too, in accepting the cross, must realize that it leads to our own death as…

    “Remember, you are dust.” Such stark and startling words mark the beginning of Lent, 40 days of journeying, with Christ, to both Calvary and Resurrection. The ashes we receive, remind us, dramatically, that we all share in the same human condition, that we are finite, that we suffer, and that we die because…