Loneliness is one of the most common human experiences, and one of the least discussed.

Not long ago, I watched a man help an elderly woman load groceries into her car. It was not a dramatic moment. There were no cameras, no applause, and no audience. He simply noticed that she was struggling, walked over, and offered a hand.

Holy Week arrives not with spectacle but with a kind of steady gravity, as though time itself has slowed to allow us to see what we usually refuse to notice.

"When he had finished speaking, he knelt down with them all and prayed. There was much weeping among them all; they embraced Paul and kissed him, grieving especially because of what he had said, that they would not see him again. Then they brought him to the ship." Acts 20:36-38.

There are days when the news feels impossible to escape. Headlines arrive before we are fully awake

There is a moment in the life of faith when the feelings fade.

The second week of January is a quieter place.