I’ve often thought of this season as “The Joyful Season of Lent.”
After all, Lent even comes with a built in happy day, Laetare Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Lent. But we don’t have to wait a month before we can enjoy some happiness during Lent. God made us to be happy NOW and in eternity. More…
Mmm… Not really. More on that later.
Lent is a good time to go to confession. So…. How long’s it been since you’ve been to confession?
Oh wait! I’m not supposed to ask that question. Never mind. Here, watch this video… More…
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Before beginning his public ministry, Jesus is filled with the Holy Spirit and lead by the Spirit into the desert. More…
By Br Eric Wandrey
About seven miles off western coast of Ireland, a lonely island looms out of the sea, the tip of a massive oceanic mountain. 54 acres and 715 feet high, Skellig Michael is home only to a colony of Northern Gannets, but there was a time when this remote outcropping hosted more than seabirds. For over 600 years, it was home to Irish monks who sought complete solitude and close communion with God. More…
Fr Jason Smith
A good friend of mine asked me to write about what it’s like to hear confessions.
The truth is, a priest can’t say much about the content he hears in confession, but in nearly every confession I have heard, I have said the following: More…
I’m bad. Real bad.
By Fr Jason Smith
I have found no better representation of conversion and penance in art than The Penitent Magdalene, by George de la Tour. Though simple, it expresses the essential elements behind every conversion, and we can find in it powerful lessons to apply to our own life. Let’s take a closer look.
The Penitent Magdalen, George de la Tour
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