Examen Fifth Sunday of Lent
Lent
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Should we bow more when we pray?
If we truly want to be disciples of God, we must subjugate our proud selves to his will and bow down in obedience.
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During Lent, we need both penance and beauty
I suppose there is a line of thought in Christianity that would equate the cheap and mean with holiness, but somehow Catholicism has always found room for both Michelangelo and Mother Teresa.
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How can I cultivate a wide mercy?
Am I doing everything I can, in my own little corner, to safeguard and protect “this blessed plot, this earth, this realm?”
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Fr. James Martin, S.J.: Lent is a time for spiritual renewal
Don’t get too down on yourself if your Lent hasn’t been perfect. Be easy with yourself. But keep taking those steps towards God.
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The sacrifice God really wants
God does not need our external acts of piety. Rather, he asks us to sacrifice our arrogance, our insistence on autonomy, our selfishness, our fickleness, all of our shortcomings, upon his altar.
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What “strange gods” do we welcome into our hearts?
As we draw near the halfway mark of Lent, it would behoove us to reflect upon which gods we are honoring, admiring and loving more than God who gave us life. And then to show them the door.
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Do you find it hard to listen to God? You’re not alone.
Rather than subordinate our own ambitions and desires to God’s plan, we often close our ears and tune out his voice.
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God can help us set healthy boundaries
With the smartphone now functioning as an essential anatomical appendage, it is harder than it has ever been to make distinctions, to turn off the noise, to say “Enough.”
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What snowfall in Rome taught me about Lent
The freshness and wonder, the way that what was there before still exists but is now shot through with newness. The city glitters. Why not? Lent is the season of baptismal preparation as much as penance.