With Ash Wednesday we begin the season of Lent. I recently listened to the song Ashes. We rise again from ashes. This is a wonderful image of repentance and is fitting for the season of Lent. However, as I contemplated the older meaning of the word “Lent” as springtime, a different image came to mind. IContinue reading “Ash Wednesday”
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Bearers of Light and Hope
“For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you prepared in sight of all the peoples…” Luke 2 As I was pondering on Simeon and Anna, our two prophets from the gospel we heard at mass today, I wondered – how did they know that this baby was the One? Didn’t they witness many mothersContinue reading “Bearers of Light and Hope”
“Truth Decay”
“The light shines in darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it.” John 1: 5 President Obama said something today that caught my attention: “Trump has accelerated ‘Truth Decay.’” Evidently this term has been around for years but I failed to pay attention to it. It does seem appropriate for the circumstances we are experiencing today.Continue reading ““Truth Decay””
Bishop Kedda 