Good Friday

"All passes away. In the evening of life, only love  remains."

--Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity, O.C.D. (1880-1906)

Holy Thursday

I will lift up the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord (Ps. 116)

I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I shall drink it new with you in the kingdom of my Father. (Matt. 26:29)

Tuesday of Holy Week

God is a strange lover...He stalks the soul with sorrows...

He blots the sun that could make her vision dim...

He robs and breaks and destroys.

Then he comes and there is nothing left...

But him and her love of him.

Not till the great rebellions die and her will is safe in his hands forever

Does he open the door of light.

(Jessica Powers, "God is a Strange Lover")

Lent, from the Office of Readings

"...acknowledge your God....discover how far you have fallen."

--St. Gregory Nazianzen