Monthly Archives: March 2019

3rd Sunday of Lent I have witnessed the affliction of my people. (Exodus 3:7) On Ash Wednesday, we began Lent with the age-old call to repentance: “Return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning” (Joel … Continue reading →

They went to a place called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” He took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be distressed and agitated. And he said to them, “I … Continue reading →

2nd Week of Lent Israel loved Joseph best of all his sons. (Genesis 37:3) Have you ever considered the similarities between the patriarch Joseph and Jesus? They’re uncanny, really. Both were beloved by their father. Yet both were betrayed by … Continue reading →

2nd Week of Lent He is like a tree planted near running water. (Psalm 1:3) This psalm can seem abstract and overly spiritual to us at first glance. How exactly can a man be like a tree? And how are … Continue reading →