
How to Do Lent Differently This Year
Fr. Mark-Mary gives some practical advice on how to do Lent differently this year. It begins with having the right mindset. Nam...

Lenten Bundle: What You Need for the Next 40 Days
Lent is a time to take a good, long look in the mirror and come to terms with what’s working about our lives and what’s not. It...

Picking a Thing for Lent
Fr. Mike knows the tricks we can play on ourselves when it comes to picking something for Lent. So he gives a straightforward g...

4 Ways Fasting Benefits Your Spiritual Health
Fasting is having a moment right now. After decades of health experts telling us that grazing on small meals was key to health ...

3 Ways Fasting Improved My Life
Usually, when we hear about fasting, we think of the promises we make to ourselves during 40 days of Lent. Friends come togethe...

What the Early Church Believed: The Real Presence
The doctrine of the Real Presence asserts that in the Eucharist, Jesus is literally present under the appearances of bread and ...

Spiritual Weapons: Fasting
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God commanded it, Jesus practiced it, Church Fathers have preached the importance of it – fasting is a powerful and fundamental...

Preparing for Lent
Lent is almost upon us! It’s very early this year beginning a week from today, Ash Wednesday. This season of the liturgical yea...
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