Lent: Learning to Suffer? Or Learning to Love?
In the Roman Catholic Church, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of a 40-day period in which church members are asked to engage in prayer, fasting and doing good works in preparation for Easter, commemorating the
This is the real "try harder" that applies to Lent, and its ultimate irony is that it is not a trying at all, but an ultimate surrendering, dying, and foundational letting go.
During the Pope's general audience, Benedict XVI talked about the meaning of Lent, which began yesterday, the Ash Wednesday. According to a report monitored on Rome Reports, the Pope explained the significance of having 40 days of Lent.
In the Roman Catholic Church, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of a 40-day period in which church members are asked to engage in prayer, fasting and doing good works in preparation for Easter, commemorating the
During the Pope's general audience, Benedict XVI talked about the meaning of Lent, which began yesterday, the Ash Wednesday. According to a report monitored on Rome Reports, the Pope explained the significance of having 40 days of Lent.
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