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Lent with Richard Rohr: If You Don’t Get It Now, You Won’t Get It Then

Thursday of the Second Week of Lent | Readings: Jeremiah 17:5–10; Luke 16:19–31

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Lent with Richard Rohr: The Pain and Promise of Change

Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent | Readings: Jeremiah 18:18–20; Matthew 20:17–28
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Lent with Richard Rohr: For the Sake of Change

Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent | Readings: Luke 9:28-36
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Lent with Richard Rohr: Good Mirroring and Bad Mirroring

Monday of the Second Week of Lent | Readings: Daniel 9:4–10; Luke 6:36–38
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Lent with Richard Rohr: The Third Something

Second Sunday of Lent | Readings: Luke 9:28-36 REFLECTION Your browser does not support the audio element. Download the audio here
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Lent with Richard Rohr: Commandment as a Big Push Over the Top

Saturday of the First Week of Lent | Readings: Deuteronomy 26:16–19; Matthew 5:43–48 REFLECTION Your browser does not support the audio element. Download the audio here
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A priest holds ashes to distribute during Ash Wednesday Mass at St. Catherine's Church in Bethlehem, West Bank, Feb. 14, 2024. (OSV News photo/Debbie Hill)

A Friar Reflects on Ash Wednesday

As Lent begins, we hear the words in the first reading for Ash Wednesday: “Rend your hearts, not your garments.”
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