There has never been an opportune moment to put all your trust, faith, and hope in God.
The Church’s unity is not uniformity in every matter of her well-being. It is faithfulness in what constitutes her being.
Worship never existed as escape from the world, but preparation for life within it.

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Do our petitions move God?
C.S. Lewis, Grief, and the Holiday Season
The joy of which Lewis speaks is a deep yearning of the soul not unlike the nostalgia we feel upon seeing a favorite childhood object once again.
How can he say it? How can he say that Christ is after all the entire meaning of life for him, and that death is no real worry?
Even at Lewis’ graveside, Havard was a faithful friend, and a friend full of faith in Christ, confessing his hope in the resurrection.
We know that death does not have the last word in Christ.
While midnight might seem long, the mercy of God assures us that the morning will come.
This is an excerpt from “Finding God in the Darkness: Hopeful Reflections from the Pits of Depression, Despair, and Disappointment” by Bradley Gray (1517 Publishing, 2023).
Jesus is the only answer to the nagging question. He is the only way to make sense of this unsettling story in Exodus 4.
What greater legacy could you claim than that of Mark? Listen to the Word. Learn from Jesus.
If it’s all a fiction spun by disappointed disciples, if it’s a mere symbol for the idea of an inner awakening, if it’s not a fact that Christ has been raised, then our grief and loss have no end, and we have no hope.
This is the message of Lent. We are not called to sacrifice for Jesus in order to earn our salvation. Rather, we are called to remember the sacrifice that Jesus made for us.