This Lenten season, members of the 电子游戏软件 community will offer weekly reflections to help you prepare for Easter.
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复活节
“Today we focus on the empty tomb, 理应如此, as it is the greatest mystery and triumph of our faith. I’m contemplating today, however, on Mary’s decision to step out that dark morning into the unknown. Her bravery gives me the strength to walk out into this world full of darkness and despair and have the courage to hope…and witness the crowning truth of our faith—God lives!”
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棕枝主日
"Like Jesus, we should know the crowd is unreliable. It can adore at one moment and then insult and attack in the next. Unlike the crowd, the Lord is always trustworthy and there for us. This 棕枝主日, let’s pray in thanksgiving with Isaiah and Jesus: 'The Lord God is my help.'”
第五日
“In the course of watching and listening, our interior life may be lit by something beyond our senses. We may experience the closeness of the Lord. The glow may fill our hearts and minds with grace that energizes as it consoles.”
Laetare周日
“We are God’s handiwork, lovingly and painstakingly crafted like the ao po’i [Paraguayan finery]. We are treasured, wholly and completely, by God. To forget this is more wasteful than stashing away linens unused in a cupboard. God’s 爱 for us is cause for celebration.”
第三个星期天
“I pray for the strength to confront the powerful and the unmoved who perpetuate the suffering of the marginalized and continue the conditions that made Jesus angry in his time. I hope for a future where all know they are welcome and belong in the temple of the risen Christ.”
第二个星期天
“毕竟, the story of Abraham and Isaac says something important about God: he was willing to do what we think is impossible. He gave up his be爱d son and suffered through his mistreatment and humiliation and death. He understands our fears now. He will not flinch from facing loss and death with us and loving us through every trial.”
第一个星期日
“As God sent angels to help Jesus through his dark times, so too does God send angels to serve us. This Lenten season, look for the angels in your life who minister to you and make sure to serve as angels to others through their dark times.”
圣灰星期三
“God has a different mindset and uses a different kind of math. In my experience, during a fast, when I subtract, God multiplies. He creates abundance out of less. He gives me more time for prayer, and I connect with a source of peace, 爱, 快乐, 善良, 和治疗.”
伯特·豪厄尔
伯特·豪厄尔 is the executive director of Intersections and the Center for Ignatian 灵性 at 电子游戏软件. He works primarily with faculty and staff to promote the University’s Jesuit, 天主教的使命 through programs such as retreats, 朝圣, and immersion trips. He also teaches a seminar for undergraduates with high financial need.
Victoria Garcia, MA’18
Victoria Garcia, MA’18 is the assistant director of Intersections at 电子游戏软件. She received a master’s degree in higher education from the Lynch School of Education and Human Development. She is passionate about working with faculty and staff to provide college students transformative college experiences through the context of the Jesuit, 天主教的使命. Victoria was born in Montevideo, 乌拉圭, 在迈阿密长大, 佛罗里达, and now lives in 波士顿, 麻萨诸塞州, with her husband and their one-year-old son.
