by Gemma Lamarra

I came to the Ignatian Lent Retreat with a broken heart. Every time our church comes out with a statement that puts women or our LGBTQI friends back in their place it hurts even more

This year more than ever I was looking for the women in the Gospels. I was looking for consolation and how I can console others. One week was particularly challenging and also particularly fruitful.

Image: Calming the storm - from 'Codex Egberti' created between 980 and 993 AD at the Benedictine monastery on the Island of Reichenau, Germany - Wikimedia Commons

Gemma Lamarra is an Open House reader