A Homily for the First Sunday of Lent Temptations are often very profitable to us, even though they can be troubling and painful; for in them we are humbled, purified, and instructed. –Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Book I, Chapter 13, § 2– I am old enough
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Festina Lente[1] When I was in college, I read an insightful article by the Japanese Catholic author Shusaku Endo.[2] He told the story of an ancient Buddhist temple atop a high mountain in Japan. The temple was so high and remote that it took pious pilgrims hours and even days
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As they continued their journey he [i.e. Jesus] entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary [who] sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said, “Lord, do
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