1 March 2020 | First Sunday of Lent | Menlo Park, Calif. 

“Behold,” says the Lord, “I will allure her, and bring her into the desert, and speak to her heart” (Hosea 2:14). As we enter into the desert of great and holy Lent, and as I make my weekly journey northwards from the seminary to teach catechism at a parish in San Francisco, here are some scattered thoughts on the purpose of the season and our real need for God. 

Opening music: Dogmatikon from Byzantine Great Vespers, sung by St. Vladimir’s Seminary Choir, 2016. All rights reserved.