Our RCIA’ers: We are coming to the end of the Easter season. We celebrate the Feast of the Ascension this Sunday, and in a week, on the Feast of Pentecost, our new Catholics will enter the Church, finally making their sacraments as they should have at the Easter Vigil.

Lectio on Life: Lectio divina is using scripture to pray. And when we do this, we enter into a direct conversation with Jesus.

What the heck just happened? We went from our normal lives to a pandemic nightmare! Unemployment was down, things seemed to be humming, and then a virus knocked the world to it’s knees.

“Pandemic Ponderings”: I am trying to think about a nice way to say this without ‘beating the heck out of the bush’, so to speak, because I say it as much for myself as I do for anyone who is reading this.

“My Jesus”…Even when I was small, the need for someone to know me by name existed. The need to be authentically known exists in all of us.

Jesus’ Divine Mercy…Let’s imagine Jesus, appearing to a simple Polish girl. Let’s imagine that those revelations have spread to influence Catholics everywhere, because they have and they did!

Let’s pretend...that we are one of the first followers of Jesus, the first Christians. We are in hiding and afraid after Jesus’ brutal crucifixion and death, believing that it’s all over, but members of our group venture out. Soon, we hear astonishing news: “He is Risen!”

The Litany of the Long Haul. As we are asked to ‘shelter in place’ and practice ‘social distancing’, a part of me keeps waiting to see a light at the end of the tunnel.

SPOILER ALERT: God alone has the answer! Let’s begin with a question: How much is enough?

A new perspective on LENTEN Fasting. . . We live in interesting times. All of a sudden, the basic things of our lives are being taken away.

I am now 19 days into Lent. How am I doing?

On Sunday, our RCIA Catechumens and Candidates will participate in the Litany of Liberation for the Scrutinies.