Lent
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Lent 101
The Rite of Continuing Conversation—where candidates descend upon the heart of the diocese, filling the cathedral and armed with those supporting them. We were recognized individually, the bishop smiling as each was called by name. He welcomed us all, not simply into the cathedral for the hour-long service but into the very Church itself. As… Continue reading
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Preparing for Lent
“We are called not just to abstain from sin during Lent, but to true conversion of our hearts and minds as followers of Christ. We recall those waters in which we were baptized into Christ’s death, died to sin and evil, and began new life in Christ.” —US Conference of Catholic Bishops One of the… Continue reading
And they said to him, “Inquire of God, we pray thee, that we may know whether the journey on which we are setting out will succeed.”
And the priest said to them, “Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the LORD.”
—Judges 18:5–6