Christians are preparing for the upcoming solemnities of Palm Sunday (remembering Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem with its foreshadowing of betrayal and suffering), Holy Thursday (the Last Supper and the sacramental gift of Jesus' Body and Blood), Good Friday (where we revisit Jesus going the extra mile, the final mile, for us with an eternal effect that shocks the socks off the devil) and Easter (the triumph of the resurrection of Jesus from a death that was completely incapable of holding Him in its grip).

This week never stops offering us the chance to focus on what's important. It has long been my favorite week of the year.

This year, it is even more important. I'm in flux. I want (in the words of the 1970's poster from Logos Bookstore that used to live on my dorm room wall) A Still Point in a Turning World. I want God.

Guess what? True joy is wanting what you can indeed have. God has gone to great lengths to offer Himself to me and invite me to reciprocate. And with the Holy Spirit, he even helps me with the reciprocation. Such a deal. An offer, thank God, that I have no intention of refusing.

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