By the time Lent comes to a close, we can feel worn down and ready to simply turn the page on an all-too-familiar story. Yet, to truly enter into Holy Week, we must confront the power of paradox. We must grapple with the Paschal Mystery and its ever-present invitation to us: to die and rise with and in Christ.
This is the story, not only of this holiest of weeks, but of our entire lives of faith. Opening our eyes to the world around us, we witness the betrayal; we intuit the suffering; we account for the lengths to which faith and fear can push us; and we find that Christ, our companion and our guide, is with us always… beckoning us to new life. Be it the washing of feet, the breaking of bread, the sting of suffering, or the quiet of grief: Christ is there…
