Approaching Holy Week: The Colors of the Wind
The Friday before Palm Sunday serves as a crucial threshold, a day to intentionally shift our hearts and minds as we approach the intense and emotionally charged journey of Holy Week. While our Catholic faith is rooted in truth and reason, it also acknowledges the profound impact of encountering the God who is love on our emotions. This final Friday of Lent invites us to delve into the complex emotional landscape that preceded Christ's Passion, preparing us to more fully accompany him through the triumphs of Palm Sunday and the agonizing events that follow. By consciously engaging our feelings, we can better place ourselves within the narrative, recognizing our own human desires for a savior, our capacity for both adoration and betrayal, and our need for redemption. As we stand on the edge of Holy Week , let us heed the call to emotional engagement. If we cannot recognize our own "confused desires for a savior," those moments when we seek deliverance in fleeting comfo...