Laetare means Rejoice. Why do we rejoice?

“Now we must Celebrate and Rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.”

Laetare Sunday; Rose is the color of Love. Grace is simply the Love of God overflowing into the world. It is Jesus Who Is This Love.

The Parable of The Fig Tree: The season of Lent is a perfect time to reflect on how we spend our time. Do we give first priority to God, tending to our spiritual growth and sacramental life with diligence?

Do we give next priority to our loved ones, focusing intentionally on them each day without distractions from phones, screens, or thoughts of work? If not, now is the moment to repent of our waste of time or of misplaced priorities on our use of time. God is merciful but just. Let’s turn to Him and ask Him to make our lives fruitful while we still have time to do so.

The Mystery of the Transfiguration

“This is my chosen Son; listen to him.”

In last week’s Gospel, we followed Jesus into the desert where He fasted and prayed. This week, He leads us up a mountain to witness His Transfiguration. Why do we hear both of these experiences in Lent?

The Transfiguration was the most astounding, amazing and mind-blowing experience for Peter, James and John, revealing Jesus as truly the Son of God. What glorious Light shone from the face of Christ as He foretaste of Heaven and a vision of His hidden glory.

A Jubilee Season of Hope

In this 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope, we ask: Lord, in these difficult times, we enter into the desert of Lent this year on our annual Journey to Jerusalem with much grief in our hearts for those lost to us…

the bullets and missiles in Gaza & Ukraine; the rhetoric and spin of governments; those still living in fear of the pandemic; Yet we turn to these words of Hope: