by Jacob Zepp | Jan 26, 2024 | Lent, Our Team Picks
Have you ever wondered why we observe the season of Lent before Easter? Put another way, “If Christ has risen, why do we still observe this penitential season?” The history of Lent can help us answer these questions and prepare to make a good Lent this year. Lent is a...
by Dr. Jared Staudt | Jan 26, 2024 | Asceticism, Lent, Our Team Picks
Lent is a time of asceticism, a word that points back to the training of athletes in the ancient world. The monks took on a training program for the spiritual life in the desert through regular prayer and fasting in fraternity with other men. Just like preparing for a...
by Dr. Jared Staudt | Jan 25, 2024 | Asceticism, Lent, Our Team Picks
Every important event requires preparation, and so the Church has a traditional Pre-Lenten period to get ready for the holy season. In the East, we see this through the Meatfare and Cheesefare Sundays that ease into the penance of the Great Fast. In the West, starting...
by Jacob Zepp | Jan 25, 2024 | Asceticism, Lent
It’s that time of year when we should start thinking about what we will do this Lent. The first step to making a good Lent begins beforehand. In both East and West (the Byzantine and Roman Catholic traditions), a preparatory season historically comes before Lent...
by Dr. Jared Staudt | Jan 22, 2024 | Formation, Lent, Our Team Picks
Through the Lenten season, God calls us to enter more deeply into prayer and penance. Even though it lasts for forty days, it’s only too common for us to say afterward, “that went by so fast,” or ask, “where did the time go?” This year can be different if we...
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