God is also a transcendent deity whose grandeur and majesty command our attention and our reverence.

Perhaps we should ask, with the Russian Orthodox monk and theologian Anthony Bloom, “When we think of the absence of God, is it not worthwhile to ask ourselves whom we blame for it?”

Examen Fifth Sunday of Lent

Perhaps as we prepare for the Holy Week that is to come, we will trust fully in God, knowing that whatever our circumstances, we need fear no evil, “for you are with me.”

From 1944: When President Roosevelt led the nation in prayer on D-Day's night, an event unique in modern history took place.