Opus Dei

The Holy Father shares what it means to journey together in hope this Lent. “All of us are pilgrims in this life; each of us is invited to stop and ask how our lives reflect this fact. Am I really on a journey, or am I standing still, not moving, either immobilized by fear and hopelessness or reluctant to move out of my comfort zone?”

Mary, Martha, and Lazarus are tense as they start to worry that something big is going to happen in the next few days.

Why would Jesus choose a donkey to accompany him in his triumphant entry into Jerusalem? Why not a beautiful horse? Using a bit of imagination, we delve into the character of the donkey to experience this scene from the Gospel as another character.

This time we’re going to put ourselves in Matthew’s shoes. He was the apostle who left his job and his life as a tax collector to follow Jesus from the day He called him to the day he died.

Can you imagine encountering Jesus for the first time on the only day the evangelists tell us that he became extremely angry at the gates of the Temple? In this fictional account, a young Greek woman takes us through this striking episode in the life of Jesus.

Once a year Christians spend forty days preparing for Easter. To imitate our Lord’s fast in the desert, the early Christians fasted from food and drink in the traditional fashion. This meant having only one meal a day.

Seven recorded meditations to help us gaze upon the glory of God and realize that his kindness is a greater joy than life itself.

Jesus’ life was not free from difficulties. Before beginning his public ministry, he spent forty days of fasting and penance in the desert, where he suffered the temptations of the devil. That experience can show us a way to see difficulties as opportunities to mature in our Christian vocation.

The Holy Father encourages us to meditate prayerfully on the journey from slavery to freedom as we prepare for Holy Week. "In Lent, to act also means to pause: to pause in prayer, in order to receive the word of God, to pause like the Samaritan in the presence of a wounded brother or sister."

Some resources for drawing as much spiritual fruit as possible from Lent and Holy Week, in preparation for celebrating our Lord's resurrection on Easter Sunday.