Lent is the holy season by which we willingly choose weakness over strength, pain over comfort, and the love of Jesus over my own will.
Lent is upon us! In this holy season, the Church asks us to purposely become weak.
With the approach of Ash Wednesday on February 18th, the Church once again does something both startling and merciful: she reminds us that we shall die. There is about this reminder a bracing honesty which our modern age sorely needs. We are encouraged, most days, to behave as though we were permanent fixtures in a…
