
Crafting Our Time
There’s a wonderful upside to such disciplined vigilance: the possibility of becoming true craftsmen and craftswomen of the time we’re given.
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There’s a wonderful upside to such disciplined vigilance: the possibility of becoming true craftsmen and craftswomen of the time we’re given.
There’s something attractive about Lent beginning in the middle of an ordinary week, catching us in the midst of our daily occupations and asking us to take time out to find God there.
When Francis of Assisi was blind, ill, and on his deathbed, he wrote his famous “Canticle of the Creatures.” What if we allowed the Incarnation to stir our hearts as it did for Francis, even when we feel lost or frail?
This week’s readings, says Father Greg Friedman, can be a good tool to help you plan your upcoming Lenten practices.
Without knowing a whole lot about Saint Polycarp, he has entered into the life of the Church because he was a martyr–a witness to the faith with his life. That level of testimony to the faith is notable.
Be creative in what you choose as external Lenten practices, but be certain they lead you to conversion in speech and action from a renewing heart.
All good is basically a sharing in God’s own goodness. It’s a privilege for us to be able to do good to others. It’s a privilege for us to be used as instruments of God for others.
Humility is the hallmark spiritual virtue of letting go.
If prayer is talking to God, meditation is listening to God.
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