In the fifth of her reflections for Lent, Joan Chittister sees light on the path of telling the truth as you see it, even when you find it a lonely place
“Now my soul is troubled,” Jesus says in this week’s gospel reading. It is an awesome statement from someone who has known the rush of the crowds, the applause of the galleries, the enthusiasm of far-flung supporters. If Jesus is troubled, what does that promise the rest of us?Who hasn’t known the feeling? There is a sinking feeling that comes when the mortgage payment is due but not payable. When the job is in danger and you don’t have a clue what to do next. When one of the children is running too close to the edge with too many people who have already slid over it. But those things are nothing compared t
19 March 2015, The Tablet
Lent meditation / The cost of speaking out
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