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Getting Organized and Why It Matters
Well, next week is one of the most beautiful weeks of the year — and I’m not saying that I always feel that way while going through Holy Week — but I know that it is. No matter what our Lent has been like thus far, we have a chance to finish strong this next week. My best word of advice is to forget about all the things you’ve failed to do this Lent — just give it your all this last week — we can do that, right? Even though the Triduum is not an obligation, if you can attend all the services, I highly recommend you go, go,…
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Donkeys, Lent, and Holy Week (Part 2)
Yesterday I shared a little bit about a prayer that I find myself praying on a regular basis. The prayer goes a little bit like, “Lord I’m an ass — but please let me be the ass that carries you into Jerusalem.” To understand where the inspiration for this prayer came from, read more about it here. But there is a part two to the story of the donkey. I have always been puzzled by that second donkey in the scripture, “Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.” Matt 21:5 KJV. I was always bewildered by the concept of…
