During Lent is will serve us well to reflect on FAITH what it means and our desire to increase our faith.

Theologian Paul Tillich said that "faith" is the most misunderstood word in the religious vocabulary.

And this is a tragedy, for faith stands at the very heart of the program; it is the sine qua non of the Christian thing.

What is it?

The opening line of Hebrews 11 has the right definition: "Faith is confident assurance concerning what we hope for, and conviction about things we do not see."

 

Faith is a straining ahead toward those things that are, at best, dimly glimpsed. But notice please that it is not a craven, hand-wringing, unsure business. It is confident and full of conviction.  [Bishop Barron]

May God Be Praised!