Every year, my grief lines up with Lent and Easter, with the turning of winter toward spring. The alignment intensifies things in a way that is both beautiful and overwhelming.

You would think, given thousands of years of evidence, that we would wise up and recognize a come-on without waiting for the inevitable devolution into tatters and chaos. But the grift is always compelling.

We have launched an emergency appeal at Development & Peace – Caritas Canada to support the Peacemakers in the Middle East who we are honoured to call our partners. Well over 200 people recently joined a webinar we hosted to hear from three of these Peacemakers: Karam Abi Yazbeck, Nayla Tabbara, and Raffoul Raffa.