How could he see so clearly the need to respect the vulnerable and then abuse those under his spiritual care?

At first blush, this "social distancing" sounds un-Christian, but we need to listen to medical experts.

For Lent, some advice: Be a kind person!

Try to see Lent as not simply a “giving up,” but an invitation from God to become the person God wants you to be. 

We are always tempted to make faith into something that we handle, not a way by which we surrender.

How perfectly the prophet Joel summons us to Lent with those two adverbs: “Even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart.”