Customize Consent Preferences

We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below.

The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site. ... 

Always Active

Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

No cookies to display.

Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.

No cookies to display.

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

No cookies to display.

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.

No cookies to display.

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.

No cookies to display.

Lent Week 3 Thursday

Today’s gospel passage sees Jesus cast out a demon from a man.  The man is unable to speak.  When the demon is cast out the man finds his voice and begins to speak.

A few months ago, when reading a similar passage where Jesus cast out a demon that rendered a man unable to speak, I was struck by the thought that not to use our voices, when able to do so, to promote good and to speak well of people is a form of evil.  It never occurred to me that silence when speech is an option – that silence that does not seek to bring something positive to a situation is not good and could easily be the work of evil.

A Lenten thought around this might be – how am I using my voice to further was is good?

By Vincent