Catholicism
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On Sin, Imperfection, and St. Augustine
We didn’t have RCIA this week, but I had some reading materials from the last class to keep me busy. Thus my first full week of Lent began with a lecture on the severity of sin. I don’t know about you, but I beat myself up over it. I make promises to change: No grumbling… Continue reading
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Lent 101
The Rite of Continuing Conversation—where candidates descend upon the heart of the diocese, filling the cathedral and armed with those supporting them. We were recognized individually, the bishop smiling as each was called by name. He welcomed us all, not simply into the cathedral for the hour-long service but into the very Church itself. As… Continue reading
And they said to him, “Inquire of God, we pray thee, that we may know whether the journey on which we are setting out will succeed.”
And the priest said to them, “Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the LORD.”
—Judges 18:5–6