1. This day and its meaning provided the opportunity for an anonymous author to write a poem for Sheer Thursday about Judas' betrayal of Jesus.
  2. St. Patrick was great but only because he was a slave to Christ.
  3. Patrick's breakthrough came when he began to leverage his knowledge of the native language and customs to build a bridge between Irish lore and the Christian mythos.
  4. Are you on the receiving end of freedom? Or are you trying to make yourself free?
  5. A truly Lenten mindset sees the season as preparatory for the resurrection life of Easter as opposed to the mortification of Good Friday.
  6. He shows up when we are at our worst to usher us back to his side, lead us to repentance, rescue us, and reclaim us as his own.
  7. The number forty calls to remembrance narratives of God’s great acts of redemption, but also our conformity to and participation in those narratives.
  8. We are the fruit that grows from the branch, which extends from the trunk of the tree, which is rooted in the soil that it grows out of, which is all Christ.
  9. Regularly reading and hearing God’s Word helps us to keep a song in our hearts.
  10. The driving impulse of Lent isn’t so much “giving up” things as it is “putting on” something.
  11. At the Transfiguration, we say farewell to alleluia and hello to the horrific reality of our lost condition.
  12. He was rooted in his own tradition but gracious with others when they wanted to learn about his faith or their own.