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Bishop Barron’s Lenten Reflections

Week Five: Loving an Enemy This Lent
Forgiveness. It can be such a hard thing to give and to receive. It can be easy to forgive the people we love, the people we are close to. But what about our enemies? That task can seem insurmountable. Then again, so is...
Week Two: Is Being Good Enough?
As we enter into the liturgical season of lent, the church around us changes. Songs become more somber, the priest and deacons wear different colored robes, and Mass parts change. But how does this help us enter into Lent?...
Week Four: Christ in the Desert
You’ve heard it before and you will hear it again. It comes every lent, the reading about Christ in the desert. The Devil tempts Christ to move off the path and disobey God. We all know temptation, but it can be hard to see...
Week One: What are the Practices of Lent?
Welcome friends to this penitential season of Lent, a season in which God asks us to turn back to him. Join us in these Lent Reflections. Each week you will receive a reflection from Bishop Barron on the season of Lent and its...
Week Three: Having a "Personal Relationship" with Jesus
When we think of standing in line waiting to tell the priest everything bad we have done, it can be tempting to justify and rationalize our actions. For a large number of people, confession is a nerve-racking, anxiety-inducing...
Week Two: Is Being Good Enough?
As we enter into the liturgical season of lent, the church around us changes. Songs become more somber, the priest and deacons wear different colored robes, and Mass parts change. But how does this help us enter into Lent?...