Lent
Lent Reflection: Five Reasons to Go to Confession
When we go to confession, we feel a bit ashamed.
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Learning to Live Poorer: A Meditation for Lent
“If we really want to be at peace,” environmentalist Wendell Berry writes, “we will have to waste less, spend less, use less, want less, need less." Lent is the time to put this into practice.
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Prayers for the Dying: A Meditation for Lent
For me, visiting a dying person is a special, graced-filled moment because I am so much aware of the loving care the Church gives to one about to enter eternity.
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Lent: More Than Giving Up Something
As parents, we know that kids always ask, “Why?” about everything.
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Giving Up on Giving Up: A Lenten Reflection
Years ago, as Lent approached, I asked a trusted spiritual counselor what he was going to give up. He gave me a sly grin and said, “I’m giving up giving things up for Lent.”
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Pie Day: Louisiana’s Lenten Custom
It was Louisiana Sweet Dough Pie, and it is served only once a year—on Good Friday.
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Dust to Dust: An Ash Wednesday Reflection
More than simply a call to give up creature comforts, Lent invites us to confront our vulnerability and embrace our brokenness. It all begins with Ash Wednesday.