by Jacob Laskowski | Feb 17, 2023 | Lent
Like any resolution, sometimes our Lenten practices don’t last long. It helps if we surround our best intentions with practices and support to get us past the first week of Lent and beyond. Lent is a time for focusing on what matters most. We give up our...
by Jacob Laskowski | Feb 14, 2023 | Lent
Lent is a time of prayer and, therefore, a time of listening. It might be tempting to get frustrated with just sitting there in prayer and not hearing anything. We call Jesus the Word, however, and he speaks. The difficulty is learning how to listen to his voice. The...
by Jacob Laskowski | Feb 9, 2023 | Lent
The Lenten Fish Fry. It’s iconic at this point. It’s almost like Lent and Fish Frys are inseparable — which begs the question: if there’s no Fish Fry at the parish this year, is it even Lent? All jokes aside, there is truth in how we as Catholics...
by Jacob Laskowski | Feb 9, 2023 | Lent
There are probably some men you invited to take on Exodus 90 with you this year, and maybe they scoffed at the cold showers, or some of the other iconic disciplines included with a spiritual exercise like Exodus 90. Understandable, certainly! Exodus 90 can be a...
by Jacob Laskowski | Feb 7, 2023 | Lent
If we don’t want to take Lent for granted then it might help us to think about why we celebrate it all. Although in English, the word “Lent” comes from the Germanic word for “spring.” Other languages, especially the Romance languages and Latin, describe the season as...
by Jacob Laskowski | Feb 7, 2023 | Lent
We all say too often, “that went by so fast,” or ask, “where did the time go?” The same will happen to Lent unless we make some firm decisions on how to use these forty days well. Here are seven tips for making the most of Lent, and bringing more joy into these coming...
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