The Purpose of Lent is Intimacy
Thomas Griffin
February 11, 2024
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“The holiest season of the year is upon us and we are being offered something that is beyond measure.” – Thomas Griffin
Ashes Show that Lent Renews
Thomas Griffin
February 20, 2023
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“Lent is meant to make us fully alive again.” – Thomas Griffin
Ash Wednesday Catholics: What are They Saying to Us?
Msgr. Charles Pope
March 10, 2022
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“If we want Ash Wednesday Catholics to become All Sunday Catholics, maybe we can learn to build on what brings them in the first place and be less anxious to echo the opening words of Jesus’ public ministry, ‘Repent and Believe the Gospel!’” – Monsignor Charles Pope
Ash Wednesday
Dan Burke
February 16, 2021
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Meditation on Ash Wednesday, an excerpt from Father Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen’s Carmelite classic “Divine Intimacy”.
Ash Wednesday – Lent Begins
Liz Estler
February 26, 2020
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How did Ash Wednesday get started? Find out in this excerpt from an older text on this celebration and practice … as we begin the discipline of Lent.
Making a Holy Lent: Prayer
Charlie McKinney
February 26, 2020
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Fr. Bill Casey turns our attention to Jesus in brief reflections on topics ranging from the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist to the role that the Blessed Virgin Mary plays in every healthy prayer life.
With Jesus Crucified
Dan Burke
March 6, 2019
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As we begin the spiritual discipline of Lent today, let us reflect on why it is important to unite ourselves to the sufferings of Christ both spiritually and corporeally.
Return to Me
Dan Burke
February 14, 2018
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Today, as we begin the discipline of Lent on Ash Wednesday, an excerpt from St. Jerome’s commentary on the book of Joel serves as our meditation.
Why are Saints Sometimes Pictured with Skulls?
Fr. John Bartunek, LC
May 29, 2017
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Find out why saints are often shown with skulls when Father John Bartunek explains the concept of “memento mori”.
Ash Wednesday
Dan Burke
March 1, 2017
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Meditation on Ash Wednesday, an excerpt from Father Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen’s Carmelite classic “Divine Intimacy”.
