If you could choose only one psalm to pray for the rest of Lent, you wouldn’t go wrong choosing Psalm 130.
Read MoreAsh Wednesday enters us into the season of Lent, a time of penance as preparation for Easter. But how does penance prepare us for joy?
Read MoreA threefold cord is not easily broken, says Qoheleth, the sage (Eccl 4:12). The Lord thus wisely gives us a threefold program for our Lenten journey: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. The Old Testament knew all three practices, but only individually. It never held them together in this evangelical recipe. Jesus alone shows us how to bind the strong man fast (Mk 3:27).
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