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Dear Friends,
Lent begins in just a few days, and the first day of spring is not far behind. If you think about it, this is very apt. After all, these days of penance we are about to enter into in the liturgy are meant to help us bear greater spiritual fruit and attain eternal life.
May the sacrifices and crosses we carry—both the chosen and the unchosen ones—give us a greater share in the life of Christ, and lead us into his heavenly kingdom where there will be no more sorrow or tears, but only pure and perpetual joy.
And please continue to remember the Holy Father in your prayers as he remains in the hospital.
In Christ, |
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Rev. Sebastian White, O.P. Editor-in-Chief |
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SAINT WHO?Saints Who Worked with Their Hands |
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Saints who worked with their hands remind us that the most humble manual labor is compatible with sanctity. |
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 | Holy Places by Anthony Esolen
A statue of Christ the Redeemer on the border of Chile and Argentina has stood watch over more than a century of peace between the once-warring nations. |
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|  | She Pondered These Things in Her Heart by Wendy-Irene Zepeda
Just as household cleaning is only successful with the right techniques, our souls can only be cleansed of sin by God’s grace. |
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 | Great Conversion Stories by John Janaro
William E. Orchard, a Presbyterian minister in England, was led to the Catholic Church by a growing conviction of the truth of the Catholic priesthood. |
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|  | Our Life in Christ by Father Richard Veras
The finding of Jesus in the temple points to the true goal of parental love, which is to lead a child to God. |
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 | Credible Witnesses by Heather King
Maria von Trapp, of The Sound of Music fame, fled Austria in 1938 with her family, settling in Vermont, and later traveled to Papua New Guinea as a missionary. |
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|  | Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Jennifer Hubbard
Saint Joseph reminds parents that their example should form their children in a way that shows Christ to them. |
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 | A Father’s Blessing by Conor Hill
The parable of the prodigal son challenges parents to respond with compassion rather than indignation to their children’s faults. |
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|  | Jubilee 2025: Pilgrims of Hope by Father Andrew Hofer, O.P.
The Eucharist nourishes our hope for eternal life and the coming of Christ in glory even as it gives us Christ himself here and now. |
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LECTIO DIVINAA Prayerful Reading of Sacred Scripture |
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Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil.
The Gospel for the First Sunday of Lent (Sunday, March 9, 2025) Luke 4:1-13 |
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Angel of the Annunciation
This stained glass window, produced for a Cistercian monastery, reflects the simplicity and austerity of the Cistercian ideal. |
| | Angel of the Annunciation (c. 1290–1300), Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters Collection, New York City. |
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Art Commentary
The Temptation of Christ
This miniature, taken from a book of illuminated meditations, depicts the temptation of Christ in a way that encourages reflection on our own temptations. |
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The Temptation of Christ (c. 1525–1530), Simon Bening (c. 1483–1561), Getty Museum, Los Angeles. |
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| Suscipe Prayer
Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, All I have and call my own… |
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