We have arrived. Holy Week. A week of contemplation as the greatest love story unfolds and spirals. We begin Mass with Jesus entering Jerusalem and everyone praising him as the Messiah. Quickly turning sour, the Pharisees influence the people and we encounter Jesus’ Passion. We know the ending and it grieves us and then gives us Hope. 

This season of Lent has shown me a particularly intense lens on suffering. Not just my own suffering, but the witness of other people’s sufferings. My heart ached as I went to two funerals in a week. The news of multiple friends whose families were ill for months on end while other families await a miracle to heal very sick children rattled my being…

Recently, my students and I have been reading Venerable Fulton Sheen’s Victory Over Vice, which focuses on the seven deadly sins, the last words of Christ, and the virtues that overcome these vices. We landed on Pride this past week. Whew! How prideful we can all be! What struck me in the chapter was the danger of intellectual pride - a pride that assumes we know all we need to know…

Recently, we celebrated the Baptism of our fifth child. As Catholic parents, through infant Baptism, we take on the promise to prepare the hearts and souls of our children for the Kingdom of Heaven. Not an easy task! We often desire to make their paths straight, mountains low, and rough ways smooth on our own accord; however, in our Baptisms we are called to deeper conversion and surrender to allow the Holy Spirit guide us in our parenting and lives. Suffering will happen for us and our children and the surrender is oh so difficult.

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