On March 28th, Tuesday at 7:00 p.m., we shall have our Lenten Communal Penance Service. Over 25 priests are coming to hear your confession and grant God’s forgiveness through the Prayer of Absolution...

Spiritual blindness is very common in modern times. Perhaps, the most awful disease in our country today is the spiritual blindness which refuses to see the truths of God’s revelation, and even to admit that God exists. Similarly, we also have personal blind-spots - in our marriages, our parenting, our work habits, and our personalities. We are often blind to the presence of the Triune God dwelling within us and fail to appreciate His presence in others. Even practicing Christians can be blind to the poverty, injustice, and pain around them.

We need to allow Jesus free entry into our personal lives. A sign that God is active in our lives is Him entering in to our personal, “private” lives. Jesus wants to “get personal” with us, especially during this Lenten Season. Jesus wants to get into our “private” lives because we have a “private” personal life which is contrary to the will of God. Christ wishes to come into that “private” life, not to embarrass us, not to judge or condemn us, not to be unkind or malicious to us, but to free us, to change us, and to offer us what we really need: living water.

The Gospel of the Transfiguration is proclaimed every year on the Second Sunday of Lent. During this liturgical season, the Lord takes us with him to a place apart. While our ordinary commitments compel us to remain in our usual places and our often repetitive and sometimes boring routines, during Lent we are invited to ascend “a high mountain” in the company of Jesus and to live a particular experience of spiritual discipline – ascesis – as God’s holy people.