2026

We have arrived at the end of the third week in Lent.  Tomorrow is Laetare Sunday.  As I prepare to celebrate the passion of Christ, I pray all of God’s people will know His mercy and express their love for the Lord in the weeks ahead.  It is so easy to grow weary and discouraged […]

We are now about halfway through our Lenten journey. In today’s scripture readings, there are three lines, one from each reading, that speak to me in a special way. In the first reading, from the prophet Hosea (Hosea 14:2-10), we hear the haunting refrain in which God calls to the people of Israel, “Return, O