Neither do I condemn you.

SAINT CYRIL OF JERUSALEM (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) Neither do I condemn you.  In today’s Gospel, everyone is waiting on Jesus, expecting him to cast immediate judgment on the woman brought to him. Yet his patience amid all the tension is striking. He will not reprove those...

O Lord, my God, in you I take refuge.

4TH WEEK OF LENT O Lord, my God, in you I take refuge. Have you ever discovered that people were saying unkind things about you behind your back? If so, didn’t it make you feel embarrassed and angry? That’s what the prophet Jeremiah felt like—and in his case, it...

I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.

4TH WEEK OF LENT I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.  Where are you from? How many times have you been asked that question? We usually respond with the name of the city, state, or country where we grew up or have lived for a long time. That place has...

The Son cannot do anything on his own.

4TH WEEK OF LENT The Son cannot do anything on his own. Throughout the Gospels, we see Jesus doing some amazing things: controlling the weather, walking on water, healing diseases, feeding thousands of people with a few loaves and fishes, and even raising the dead!...

They shall be watered by the flow from the sanctuary.

4TH WEEK OF LENT They shall be watered by the flow from the sanctuary. The centuries-old image of Lent as a desert journey powerfully illustrates the bleak desolation of a life without God. Few natural disasters, in fact, can compete with a prolonged drought, and the...

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