
Lent Reflection: Five Reasons to Go to Confession
One of my greatest joys as a priest during Lent is to be an instrument of God’s mercy to people in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
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One of my greatest joys as a priest during Lent is to be an instrument of God’s mercy to people in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

A deficiency of it shows itself in more subtle ways: discouragement, putting our trust in everything but God, or focusing too much on the negative in the world.

I know that the Jesus being born with no fanfare in a cave to a young mother seems almost too wonderful to be true—but it is.

One wonderful gift that God gives us is the virtue of hope. Will the acceptance of this gift be different this year because of recent and ongoing tragedies?

Silent prayer can be healing, as Friar Jeremy explains.

“I will never take back my love,” is a message from God in Psalm 89. The words struck me as I was praying the Office of Readings. They are appropriate for Valentine’s Day and for reflection during Lent.

We humans know the temptation of following our own plans, even when they are contrary to God’s.