If Lent is a “beautiful season,” it is up to us to make it so. There is nothing beautiful about ashes. Ashes is what is left over after the good part has been burned up. It is a stark symbol. Ashes is very basic, and it brings us back to basics. We have to start…
As we quietly await the approaching Ash Wednesday, I find myself leaning upon the Heart of God and spending this day asking for His mercy and forgiveness. In this spirit, I reflect on what kind of repentance and forgiveness I am being called to seek as I prepare to observe my third Ash Wednesday here…
By Fr. David Foxen, MSC On Wednesday, March 2, we once again begin our annual Lenten journey which will bring us eventually to the challenge of the empty tomb. Each year the Church invites us to make this journey in faith. Like Christ’s original disciples we will turn toward Jerusalem to walk at his side…