Category: Lent 2007

Lazare, veni foras!

Caravaggio’s Resurrection of Lazarus depicts a dead man stunned by his sudden return to life. The head of Christ is the very one Caravaggio painted...

Gazing on Christ’s Open Heart

Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent Ezechiel 47:1-9, 12 Psalm 45:2-3, 5-6, 8-9 John 5:1-16 All You That Thirst Today’s texts are just waiting...

Mothering Sunday and the Golden Rose

Mothering Sunday The Church is our Mother; we were born of her womb in Baptism. She is our Mother because, as the Introit sings, she...

Eruditi et Nutriti

Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent Deuteronomy 4:5-9 Psalm 147: 12-13, 15-16, 19-20 (R. 12a) Matthew 5:17-19 The Word Repeated The liturgy is circular,...