I Sought Him
Saturday of the Second Week of Lent Micah 7:14-15, 18-20 Psalm 102:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12 Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 Draw Near to Hear The first line...
To Thee Belong Mercy and Forgiveness
Monday Within the Second Week of Lent Daniel 9:4-10 Luke 6: 36-38 I Set My Face to the Lord I don’t know why the editors...
And Healing to the Wounded Grant
Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent Numbers 21: 4–9 Psalm 101: 1–2, 5–17, 18–20 (R. 1) John 8: 21–30 The Serpent and the Cross...
Lazare, veni foras!
Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent John 11:1-45 Caravaggio’s Resurrection of Lazarus depicts a dead man stunned by his sudden return to life. The...
Fulget Crucis Mysterium
Our Lady Saint Mary, Saint John the Beloved Disciple, and the Wounded Side of Christ With First Vespers of the Fifth Sunday of Lent we...
I Will Not Be Forgetful of Thee
Wednesday Within the Fourth Week of Lent Isaiah 49:8-15 John 5:17-30 An Inward Quickening In every single line of today’s prophecy from Isaiah, there is...
In Spiritu Humilitatis
Tuesday Within the Third Week of Lent Daniel 3:25–43 Matthew 18:21–35 Azarias Found Utterance Look for a moment at the context of today’s First Reading:...
Yonder Scarlet Stain
Tuesday Within the Second Week of Lent Isaiah 1:10, 16–20 Matthew 23:1–12 Come back, says the Lord, and make trial of me. Crimson-dyed be your...
I Have Sought Thy Face
I arrived home from Ireland last evening and returned to my post this morning. The “mission” in Ireland was in every way blessed. Even the...