First Sunday in Lent: Hunger (Cơn Đói)
First Sunday in Lent: Hunger One pronounced effect of fasting is hunger. Is it good to be hungry? All three Synoptic Gospels speak of Jesus being hungry after fasting in…
"Tôi Khát" (Ga 9,28) Yêu Mến và Hiến Thân cho Sứ Mạng
First Sunday in Lent: Hunger One pronounced effect of fasting is hunger. Is it good to be hungry? All three Synoptic Gospels speak of Jesus being hungry after fasting in…
Today, we ponder the dryness of the desert. One symbolic lesson the desert teaches is that prayer and fasting do not always produce the emotional consolation of “rain” we might…
Day Three: Sacrifice Today we abstain from meat. It is such a small sacrifice. A sacrifice can be offered with reluctance and regret, or with joy and enthusiasm. The difference…
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. John 19:25 Again, today, we look at this most…