Yesterday was the final session of the Lent Reflection Series I offered this year at the University of St. Thomas School of Law. Our first session addressed on the traditional Lenten observances of fasting, almsgiving and prayer. In the second session our subject was sin: our need to acknowledge both our own personal sins and our participation in social sin, and to recognize our need for God’s help and open ourself to God’s love and grace. The third session invited participants to walk with Jesus in his passion.
Our subject during this final week was Accepting the Cross as the Consequence of Discipleship. Drawing on the writings of both Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Brother David Steindl-Rast, I talked about the reality that (to use Bonhoeffer’s phrasing) we must be disciples “under the cross” as well as some of our challenges in taking up our crosses. (After my talk, we had a great discussion of this challenge of discipleship, but that part is not recorded.)
You can access a recording of my talk here or stream it from the icon below. (The podcast runs for 22:47.) A copy of the the handout I distributed to participants, which I talk about near the end of my talk is here.
Creo en Dios! 