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Lent begins tomorrow. Have you considered what your Lent is going to look like? Will you give something up? Will you take something up?

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by Kathleen Beckman

Lent’s forty days of prayer and fasting offer a process of healing and liberation. In Lent we place ourselves nearer to the suffering servant, Jesus Christ. We ponder the Redeemer’s suffering. We remember that Christ’s Passion sanctified all human suffering. We relate to His pain because we are touched by the corporate weight of sin and evil in the world. It rubs against us in ordinary life. The Christian is called to push back the tsunami of sin and evil.

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I used to think mortification during Lent was something that belonged to the dark ages. Giving up chocolate (which I rarely eat) and fish on Fridays (I love fish) was my speed. Anything rougher than that? Not so much. And then one year the Lord taught me a lesson . . .

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist Friday, September 16 will be an historic day in the lives of Catholics in England and Wales - it is the day that the traditional Friday fast will be re-established.

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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer

In his 2009 Lenten Message, Pope Benedict XVI says that the ultimate goal of fasting is not only to strengthen us in our efforts to avoid sin but to help us make the complete gift of self to God.

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