begins on Ash Wednesday this week.  It is a forty-day liturgical season of fasting, prayer and alms-giving in preparation for Easter.  We recall the forty days and nights Jesus spent in the wilderness after his baptism, praying and fasting, before he started to preach, teach and heal.  We are invited during these spring days to…

Lent begins this week on Ash Wednesday which is a day of fasting and abstinence. Ashes, a biblical sign of penance, signify the human condition of the sinner who expresses guilt in an exterior manner and by doing so experiences interior conversion and the hope of receiving God’s mercy. The spiritual journey of Lent leads…