When God entered into a covenant with Abram ldquo a trance fell upon Abram and a deep terrifying darkness enveloped him rdquo When Jesus took Peter James and John to the mountain to pray ldquo a cloud came and cast a shadow over them and they became frightened when they entered the cloud

Lent is a time to prepare for spiritual transformation whether this will be signified by the sacraments of initiation at the Easter Vigil or by other rites and signs of conversion But in order to prepare for transformation one must turn back to God This is not easy and those who have turned back

God’s “otherness” is not intended to drive us away from him but to draw us near to him.

The church is a body of believers and each part is essential for the overall health of the body According to St Paul each individual person is vital for the body to thrive All three of the readings for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time place us in the context of the body of believers Two of th

Love never fails because God who is love never fails Human loves can be disordered and disintegrate because they can be built upon our own misguided hopes and desires We mistake what we want or how we perceive something for how things must be or truly are When Jesus spoke in the synagogue in Na

Where are signs in your life? Are they not present in forgiveness freely given to you or by you?