“L” is for...LECTIO! (bet you thought I was going to say Lent, and it’s for that too!) Since the parish is doing holy reading this Lent, I use the “L” word from Latin – Lectio, because that is what lectio means. And remember Fr. Dave’s 3 Questions? That is how you do it!

What are you doing for Lent? First, let’s remember Ash Wednesday, a PUBLIC fast. “Return to me with your whole heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning…proclaim a fast, call an assembly”.

The Sunday Before Fat Tuesday Musings: I have it on great authority that important occasions are generally followed by food and celebration, but in the case of Lent, it’s the exact opposite. Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you FAST, ABSTAIN, AND GIVE ALMS!

“Love your enemies…” Say what?!? You heard me, or should I say, we just heard what Jesus said in today’s Gospel. And I would love to tell you that I have the answer to what He means and that I have it all figured out, and that I am good at it. Well guess again. (I don’t, I haven’t and I’m not!)

Who is St. Luke? Each Sunday we are now being immersed into the writings in Luke’s Gospel. Did you know it’s the longest gospel (third on the canonical lists), with fewer chapters but the most words!

Getting back to basics. The holidays are over, and we are back in Ordinary Time. I am beginning to revel in the ordinariness of things, hunkering down into the cozy familiarity of a holy routine! The goodies are gone, the sparkly things are all put away and now we can simply rest with the comfortable companionship of Jesus. He still just wants to be with us.

What is life all about? Isn’t that part of the cadre of questions that plague humanity?

What is the Good News? Could you tell me what it is? It starts with the words from one of my favorite Christmas songs.

HAPPY FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY! There is something about the start of a new year that inspires us to a new perfection. Why is that? Let me suggest one possibility.

The Twelve Days of Christmas: A song, yes, but the Catholic meaning is so much more. The 12 days are the days between the two major Christmas feasts: the Nativity of the Lord on December 25th and Epiphany on January 6th.

Mary, did you know? Did you know what your yes to the message of an angel would mean, for you, for the human race? You made that "yes" seem so easy,