Thread by @DriXander

This convo with @KatiePrejean & @DeaconGregK about Lent was right on time: Giving Up Starts with Giving aveexplores.fireside.fm/lent1 Feeling like I have better ideas for this year’s approach now.

Highlights from the Lenten reflections in my inbox this morn:
“[Suffering] is terrible, but can still be transformative. We bear this proof on our skin today.” blessedisshe.net/devotions/you-…
“...we’ve forgotten ashes are the result of violence & destruction.” mailchi.mp/f540c1536f36/b…

Come through @kayaoakes! 🙌🏾ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2020/02/2…

Seriously, subscribe to @IGsolidarityNET’s daily Lenten reflections if you’re looking for something to help you through #Lent2020. So good. The reflections + email sign up are here: ignatiansolidarity.net/lent-2020/ Disponible en español también.

@IGsolidarityNET 'Lent-ish' gives up traditional practices for Lent: religionnews.com/2020/03/02/len…

This is perhaps the most perfect reflection for this election season.

Late getting to today’s reflections, but on the off chance anyone was still searching for something: Fourth Sunday of Lent | Timeless Light of Christ. mailchi.mp/fd97dce9415f/b…

As a result of my Lenten practice + WFH, I actually spoke to my Spanish house mom for the first time in years on her birthday. She was older & smoked when I stayed with her 14 yrs ago, she's super fearful about corona & almost fell out her chair when she realized who it was. Joy.

Sometimes you just go along with the daily readings & forget just how revolutionary what you've read is, for then & still now...Thanks, @JSTSCU!

This prayer was what I needed this morn...

“we are being offered during this pandemic the opportunity to embrace, in solidarity with one another, who we are, to serve, support and grieve with each other. As a Christian community Holy Week invites us to accompany Christ in the days ahead b/c he has first accompanied us...”

Two more Palm Sunday reflections. One from Papa Francisco’s homily: whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/2020/04/on-pal… + the other from @PaxChristiUSA: paxchristiusa.org/2020/04/04/ref…

I keep seeing people talk about more time for xyz, & somehow I'm still feeling busy. Maybe just because busy has intruded my home. But anyway, this is a reminder to throw up boundaries & protect what's sacred, even once we return to the new normal. jesuitprayer.org/april-6-2020/

A reminder of what’s good about Good Friday: Death & division will not have the last word. Love does. And love is the most redemptive thing in the world.

*record scratch* Two Revolutionaries crucified alongside Jesus. How a different translation completely reorients the passage: commonwealmagazine.org/revolution-pas… @ruben6211 blowing my mind early this morn & I’m here for it.

So good: Resurrection’s power bursts through locked doors of coronavirus quarantines. cruxnow.com/commentary/202… Never tire of reminders that there’s always actionable steps to take, we can’t passively receive this message. Happy Easter, y’all!

And @PaxChristiUSA’s Bishop-President, @BpStowe, focuses on the greeting of “Peace be with you.” paxchristiusa.org/2020/04/12/an-… If that’s not a focus we could all use for Easter in the time of corona, I dunno what is.