Lent with St. Francis: True Fasting

Diane M. Houdek February 19, 2021

Religious practices can never become more important than the end to which they lead: love of God and love of neighbor.

Lenten Pillar: Fasting

Shannon K. Evans February 19, 2021

From what have you chosen to abstain during this Lent? Create a practical plan for how to uphold your commitment so that you may gain greater spiritual freedom.

Sharing the Word for February 19, 2021

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk February 19, 2021

Repentance is not just a matter of engaging in penitential practices. What is pleasing to God is looking after your neighbor in need. That’s what real repentance is all about.

Lent with St. Francis: Take Up Your Cross

Diane M. Houdek February 18, 2021

If our own goals, possessions, and even families and friends distract us from the Lord’s call, then we are not truly choosing life.

Sharing the Word for February 18, 2021

Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk February 18, 2021

Lent is a time of re-enforcement of our decision for God. It is a time to weed out what keeps us from him, to strengthen what we need to stay strong in him.

A New Beginning

Richard Rohr, OFM February 17, 2021

So today you must pray for the desire to desire! Even if you do not feel it yet, ask for new and even unknown desires.

Lent with St. Francis: Be Faithful to the Gospel

Diane M. Houdek February 17, 2021

“Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel.” These are the words most often used as we are signed with ashes. It is a call to conversion, a call to follow Christ, a call to change our lives.

Respecting Each Other’s Boundaries

David Dault, PhD February 17, 2021

For as long as my son and daughter have been old enough to understand language, my wife and I do not touch the kids without asking first. We do not touch them without their consent.

Sunday Soundbite for February 21, 2021

Greg Friedman, OFM February 17, 2021

With the [20th century] renewal of the catechumenate the Church sees Lent as a time of preparation for those to be baptized at Easter, and a time of renewal of baptism for all the rest of us.