2nd Sunday of Lent My dear brothers and sisters in Christ.This second Sunday of Lent always lifts us up the mountain – but it never lets us stay there. We have three powerful movements in this weekend’s readings: Go. Listen. See. 1. “Go from your country… “ – The...

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus,If we listen closely to all the readings today, we hear the same gentle but challenging invitation repeated again and again: “Become humble. / Learn to depend on God. / Let Him be your strength.” Our first reading speaks of...

Second Sunday of Advent My dear friends in Christ, As we enter this second Sunday of Advent, the Church invites us to live with a deeper longing and / a renewed hope – a hope that doesn’t look away from the world’s problems, but one that looks through them toward the...