One of the more puzzling parts of the account of the Transfiguration comes at the end.  As Jesus is descending the mountain with Peter, James and John, he tells them

Often times, I think, when we imagine Christ heading out into the desert to begin his 40 days of fasting, we romanticize the desert experience.  We may think of all

Back in the 90s and early 2000s, I began hearing about a new focus on Lent: Rather than giving up something, I’m going to do something.  This sounds good.  God

During the Reign of Terror in the 1790s in France, a community of Carmelite Sisters had been held under house arrest for nearly 3 years.  Throughout the entire time, pressure

In St. Paul’s Letter to the Corinthians, he essentially begins by telling the members of the community there that they were stupid, weak and of lowly, or unimportant estate.  Not

As Jesus is walking along the Sea of Galilee, he calls to Simon and his brother Andrew.  They drop what they are doing and leave their father behind.  A little