We might be tempted in this season of Lent to think more about removing food from our own mouths than putting food in the mouths of others. After all, in Lent all over the world, one of the primary acts of penance we Catholics employ to bring our bodies into submission, and therefore into unity with our minds, is to seriously limit how much we eat. But in this Year of Mercy we might do well to not only pay attention to how often we bring our hands to our mouths but how freque

It is not unusual for our minds to turn to those heavenly beings when contemplating the liturgy; or to feel their presence powerfully as we enter most fully into the Biblical and therefore true account of the resurrection. But once we sojourners begin our long and arduous walk into Lent, there is a tendency to leave the angelic far behind. Perhaps it is because we know that we can suffer while those surrounding our Lord in glory cannot. Perhaps it is because you and I fancy t