from Father Al…. Lent always recalls Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1–10). Reflecting on this, Henri Nouwen reframes the temptations Jesus faced as the desire to be relevant, spectacular, and powerful — reminding us that these are not vocations, but temptations; not steps toward virtue, but stumbling blocks into vice. He offers three simple…

by Noah Bartley Agape – From the perspective of Mary the Theotokos An angel came some months ago to bearGood tidings to this lowly virgin’s soul,Announcing to my unhoused womb: ‘Your HeirPrepares His humble home and will extolEternally His throne through holy blood.”Iesous, Yeshua, my firstborn son,Native of Nazareth and Heaven — couldCreator God become…