Why We Pray: Solace

Confession: I don’t pray as often as I should. I get busy-distracted-tired and sometimes I just can’t see the point. Discouragement sets in and then complacency… Piling on: Most days I can see the benefits to social media, but then sometimes I feel too connected… “How can I do any of this justice?” I think. The…

St Matthew Passion Day Seven

Come, ye daughters, help me lament,
Behold! Whom? The Bridegroom.
Behold him! How? Like a Lamb

St Matthew Passion Day Six

Come, ye daughters, help me lament,
Behold! Whom? The Bridegroom.
Behold him! How? Like a Lamb

St Matthew Passion Day Five

Come, ye daughters, help me lament,
Behold! Whom? The Bridegroom.
Behold him! How? Like a Lamb

St Matthew Passion Day Four

Come, ye daughters, help me lament,
Behold! Whom? The Bridegroom.
Behold him! How? Like a Lamb

St Matthew Passion Day Three

Come, ye daughters, help me lament,
Behold! Whom? The Bridegroom.
Behold him! How? Like a Lamb

St Matthew Passion Day Two

Come, ye daughters, help me lament,
Behold! Whom? The Bridegroom.
Behold him! How? Like a Lamb

St Matthew Passion Day One

Come, ye daughters, help me lament,
Behold! Whom? The Bridegroom.
Behold him! How? Like a Lamb

In Jesus’ Name: Lamb of God

Much has been said this week about the fire at our beautiful Notre Dame Cathedral. I say “our” because this house of worship has become so much to so many people across the globe. You don’t have to be French or Parisian or even Catholic to be utterly gutted by the sudden horror of seeing…

In Jesus’ Name: Great High Priest

As it is the eve of Palm Sunday, I had planned to post an image of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem riding a donkey and consider his name Lord and King. But the spirit decided otherwise and I was drawn into contemplation of this remarkable image by French artist James Tissot (1836-1902) which cast me…