A Prayer for Disturbance

Feb 20, 2021 | By Ben Colon-Emeric, TD ‘22 

The church calendar is largely satisfying to look at … but Lent has always disturbed me. Two large blocks of green Ordinary Time take up most of the year, punctuated by the white of the Christmas and Easter seasons. But this orderly and pleasant calendar is marred by a large block of purple that sits there like a bruise.