Thursday After Ash Wednesday 2026
Lent reflections from a different perspective. Today…choose life!
Ash Wednesday 2026
LGBTQ support for Catholic families
Carrying On
Lenten reflections from the point of view of a parent and grandparent of those in the LGBTQ community.
Molly and Me
I was listening to the book Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix today while cleaning my house. (Shout out to Libby and the Public Library System!). I was in my kitchen finishing when I came to the scene where Molly Weasley is trying to get rid of a boggart. Quick note: a boggart is a shape shifter that turns into whatever the person is…
Working for Justice
“As followers of Jesus, we have the authority and responsibility to pursue what is right in the world, to work for justice in light of the harsh reality in which we live, where vast systems of oppression keep our communities disinvested and disempowered. We must be vigilant, for the ‘powers that be’ will challenge us…
Lent 2023, First Reading
Second Sunday of Lent Genesis 12: 1-4 “The Lord said to Abram: ‘Go forth from the land of your kinsfolk and from your father’s house to a land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you. “ I have been asked, in my life, to…
Lent 2023 First Reading
Saturday of the first week Moses speaks to the people in Deuteronomy 26: 16-19. The Study Bible says it is a, “ completion and explanation of the law proclaimed on Mount Sinai.” “And today the Lord is making this agreement with you: you are to be a people peculiarly his own, as he promised you;…
Lent 2023 First Reading
Friday of the First Week of Lent Today we hear from the prophet Ezekiel, of “dry bones” fame. He is the first Jewish person to receive the call to prophesy outside the Holy Land. The children of Israel are captives in Babylon. Ezekiel says, “If the wicked man turns away from all the sins he…
Lent 2023 First Reading
Thursday of the First Week of Lent The first reading for today is taken from the book of Esther. Haman, adviser to King Xerxes of Persia, wanted to have all of the Jews in the empire exterminated in a single day. Esther, a Jew by birth and Queen to Xerxes, is, “seized with mortal anguish.…
Lent 2023 First Reading
Wednesday of the first week of Lent The first reading today is from the book of Jonah. A little background information is helpful for understanding. This story was written in the 5th century before Christ. The Study Bible notes that, “Jonah is a disobedient prophet.” He was running away from God’s commission when he was…
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