Fourth Sunday in Lent

“Have we learned the buttercup’s lesson yet? Are our hands off the very blossom of our life? Are all things – even the treasures that He has sanctified – held loosely, ready to be parted with, without a struggle, when He asks for them?” ~ Lilias Trotter...

Third Sunday in Lent

“We ourselves are ‘saved to save’ – we are made to give – to let everything go if only we may have more to give.” ~ Lilias Trotter (Parables of the Cross)   “We are made to give.” What does that really mean? In a me-first culture which emphasizes...

Second Sunday in Lent

“Take the very hardest thing in your life – the place of difficulty, outward or inward, and expect God to triumph gloriously in that very spot. Just there He can bring your soul into blossom.” ~ Lilias Trotter (Parables of the Cross)   What is...

First Sunday in Lent

“Holiness, not safety, is the end of our calling.” ~ Lilias Trotter (Parables of the Cross) Who wants to be holy?  Perhaps a better question would be:  What would a truly holy person look like?  One might suspect that what we would note about a...

Lent with Lilias

Ash Wednesday   “‘Death is the Gate of Life’ . . . man’s natural thought of death is that of a dreary ending in decay and dissolution.  And from his standpoint he is right:  death as the punishment of sin is an ending . . . But far other...
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