Ascended into heavenJaymie Stuart Wolfe
There are feasts, and then there are Feasts-with-a-capital-F. Everyone puts Christmas and Easter into the high holy days category, and practically nobody puts the Ascension there. But they should. Whenever ...
The kingdom of Christ Jaymie Stuart Wolfe
Easter is high season for the sacraments. First Communions, Confirmations, weddings, and Ordinations fill our spring calendars. And there's good reason for that. The Resurrection of Jesus signals ...
Wounds, not scarsJaymie Stuart Wolfe
The deep and mysterious truth we celebrate at Easter is overwhelming. So much so, that we won't spend just the next 50 days unpacking it, but the rest of our lives, indeed whatever remains of human ...
Confronting the cross Jaymie Stuart Wolfe
Holy Week is just around the corner, which means the biblical descriptions of Christ's Passion are, too. Whips, nails, a crown of thorns: the Gospel accounts are so familiar that it can be difficult ...
Spring does comeJaymie Stuart Wolfe
Winter is long, especially if you live in a place where "cold" means temperatures below freezing -- and not just at night or for a day or two. That's why the etymology of the word "Lent" used to make ...
Let God choose your Lent Jaymie Stuart Wolfe
''What are you giving up for Lent?" For many Catholics, the question appears almost automatically -- and even before the last box of Christmas decorations has been packed up and stowed away. As ...
What we have to offerJaymie Stuart Wolfe
Growing up, most of us were taught to focus on our strengths. It was said that everyone had something to offer, and once we discovered what it was, the task of our lives would be finding ways to offer ...
'Babette's Feast' Jaymie Stuart Wolfe
It's been on my list of movies to watch for years. And while I'm not exactly sure why, somehow, despite the rave reviews from Catholics across the spectrum, it's taken me more than two decades ...
