Lent
Lent with St. Francis: True Fasting
Religious practices can never become more important than the end to which they lead: love of God and love of neighbor.
Lent with St. Francis: Take Up Your Cross
If our own goals, possessions, and even families and friends distract us from the Lord’s call, then we are not truly choosing life.
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Lent with St. Francis: Be Faithful to the Gospel
“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.
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Allowing, Aiding, and Abetting
I've come to believe that Lent is not about doing. It's about not doing. It's not about trying, but letting ourselves take that ramble through the desert. Prayer is the backbone of Lent.
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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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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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Dust to Dust: An Ash Wednesday Reflection