We have reached the midway point of the season of Lent. The joy of Easter is within our reach and the parent of the prodigal son encourages us to rely on divine mercy.

Luke 15 may be the best short story that was ever written. Some of its phrases are so powerful that they have become proverbial…

1st Reading: Joshua 5:9-12

The Israelites, free at last from slavery and humiliation in Egypt, enter