Lenten Readings: IN CHRIST WE SUFFERED TEMPTATION, AND IN HIM WE OVERCAME THE DEVIL (St. Augustine) Hear, O God, my petition, listen to my prayer. Who is speaking? An individual, it seems. See if it is an individual: I cried out to you from the ends of the earth while my heart was in anguish….
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LENTEN READINGS: SPIRITUAL PURIFICATION THROUGH FASTING AND ALMSGIVING (St. Leo the Great)
LENTEN READINGS SPIRITUAL PURIFICATION THROUGH FASTING AND ALMSGIVING (St. Leo the Great) From a sermon by Saint Leo the Great, pope PURIFICATION OF SPIRIT THROUGH FASTING AND ALMSGIVING Dear friends, at every moment the earth is full of the mercy of God, and nature itself is a lesson for all the faithful in the worship…
Lenten readings: REPENT (BY ST. CLEMENT)
LENTEN READINGS THE NEED FOR REPENTANCE. It is our loving and merciful God who seeks us out during this time of Lent. If we are to take advantage of this season of Lent as a time of favorable grace, conversión and growth in our love for God, it is indispensable that we must first…
