Br. Christopher Daniel, O.P., on the Virtue of Passiontide

"This past Sunday we entered into the two-week period traditionally known as Passiontide. As we approach the celebration of the Passion and the climax of Lent, we see in today's first reading a foretelling of Christ's Passion in the figure of the bronze serpent. Yet we usually forget how this story about the bronze serpent begins: 'With their patience worn out by the journey.'  Doesn't this often happen to us? We leave Egypt behind, we repent. But the journey to the Promised Land is a hard and long one. Despite our high aspirations at the beginning, we lose our patience. And then, like the Israelites, we mutter to or among ourselves against whomever we consider to be responsible for our situation. Ultimately, whether we realize it or not, we end up grumbling against God, at least implicitly."

In a recent commentary, Brother Christopher Daniel, O.P., reflected on the blessings offered to us by Passiontide.

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Dominicana: The Virtue of Passiontide (5 APR 22)