by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Feb 27, 2012 ~ Approx. 1 min
Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me. — Matthew 25:40, from today’s gospel Where have I seen Christ in need? How have I responded? (If the question makes me uncomfortable, can I bring that to prayer?) Check...
by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Feb 26, 2012 ~ Approx. 1 min
“This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand.” — Mark 1:15a, from today’s Gospel reading Jesus, after being tempted in the desert, came to Galilee to announce a time of fulfillment. Where have you found the kingdom of God present...
by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Feb 25, 2012 ~ Approx. 1 min
He will renew your strength, and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring whose water never fails. — Isaiah 58:11, from the first reading for today We do not enter into Lent alone, but following the call of God and patterning our time on the days Jesus spent...
by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Feb 24, 2012 ~ Approx. 1 min
Would that today you might fast so as to make your voice heard on high! … This, rather, is the fasting that I wish: releasing those bound unjustly, untying the thongs of the yoke; Setting free the oppressed, breaking every yoke; Sharing your bread with the hungry,...
by Sam Sawyer, SJ | Feb 23, 2012 ~ Approx. 1 min
“Dear friends, what the Christian should be doing at all times should be done now with greater care and devotion, so that the Lenten fast enjoined by the apostles may be fulfilled, not simply by abstinence from food but above all by the renunciation of...
