Fasting or Feasting

One day St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross met for a meal.  Grapes were brought in.  "I'm not going to eat any," said John of the Cross.  "Too many people have none."  Teresa answered, "I, on the contrary, am going to eat them, to praise God for these grapes."  Their conversation mirrors one of the tensions of the contemporary Church.

Br. Roger of Taize

Lent

Lent:  forty days granted us in which we marvel at a love too great for words.

 Br. Roger of Taize