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The word "heart" is found nearly 1000 times in Scripture.

If at the Altar of the Eucharist we realize our need for conversion with an intention to make right a wounded or smarting relationship, such is preferable to massaging our pride by holding a grudge or resentment.

What are you praying for this Lent?

Success isn't the prophet's reward. Obedience is.

Through the Word, with him and in him, we become powerful heralds and agents of God's healing justice and copious mercy.

The criteria for admission into eternal life may surprise us.

A love that is forced is not love at all.

The Devil tempts the holy and causes them to fall. BUT...Jesus doesn't fall into temptation. Why is that?

Jesus always notices us!

We, as the church (the body of Christ), are the instruments God has chosen to bring salvation to others.

God respects the freedom he endowed us with, even to the point of respecting our choice for death and doom.

If the ashes on your forehead today cause you to sin by pride, wash your face.

The Lord Jesus gives us spiritual food and supernatural strength (faith, hope, and love) to seek his face and to prepare ourselves for spiritual combat and testing.

We sin to the degree that we consent to the sinful action. Jesus is trying to teach us prevention.

Love, in the Catholic tradition, is a decision – it is the decision to will/to desire the good of the other person. Love is not egocentric; it’s other-centered.

Blessed are they who mourn; not only at the death of loved ones, but also at the injustices of those who are most vulnerable.