News - January 2023

Lent will be here before we know it. To be honest, I frequently find myself dreading Lent, mainly because it almost always becomes unmanageable for priests. Still, of all people, I know that I am in need of a season of conversion, which essentially is what Lent offers us. Below are some suggestions on how to make your Lent more productive spiritually.

One of the great obstacles to the spiritual life is our ego. Often, if we are not careful, we can allow our ego to give us an inaccurate understanding of who we are. Our egos can distort our sense of our abilities, our importance. People with inflated egos are very difficult to work with or live with.