Tag: Lent

What is Mortification?

Fr. John Bartunek answers a reader’s question about what mortification is and how it helps us to practice it.

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Return to Me

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.

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Return to Me and Live

Jacques-Benigne Bossuet reflects on God’s desire for all sinners to return to His merciful embrace, an excerpt from “Meditations for Lent”.

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Meditations for Lent

Dan Burke & Melissa Elson interview Dr. Christopher Blum on his book “Meditations for Lent”: how Bishop Jacques-Benigne Bossuet’s reflections on the life of Christ inspire all to enter into a new relationship with our Lord.

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The Lord Will Not Delay

What does the Lord invite us to this Advent? Find out when Father Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen reflects on the Second Sunday of Advent today, in this excerpt from his book “Divine Intimacy”, the Carmelite meditation classic.

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The Saints on Purgatory

Your own love for the souls in Purgatory — expressed by your prayers and sacrifices on their behalf — is received very favorably by God.

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The Holy Spirit and the Apostolate

What role does the Holy Spirit have in the apostolate? Father Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen reflects in this excerpt from his classic Carmelite meditation book “Divine Intimacy”.

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