Tuesday in the Third Week of Lent

“Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone-we find it with another.” - Thomas Merton

(If you’re wondering why these daily offerings are accompanied by photos of waves, it’s because of an old surfing adage: You learn something from every wave. We like to think we learn something from every day of Lent, too.)

To an anthropologist, what Jesus offered in the Gospel was an historically radical re-definition of community. That term always amu…