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Psalms speak to our frustrations this Lent in the battle against temptations

March 04, 2024

As Christians, we are called to a life of prayer. As we seek to respond to this call and live a life of prayer, we need the set prayers of our Catholic tradition, just as we also need the spontaneous prayer that comes directly from our own hearts. Both are needed if our life of

Understanding Jesus’s presence with ‘wild beasts’ in today’s Gospel

February 18, 2024

“The Spirit drove Jesus out into the wilderness and he remained there for forty days, and was tempted by Satan. He was with the wild beasts, and the angels looked after him.” (Mark 1:12-13) In the Gospel for the first Sunday of Lent, why does St Mark mention that Jesus “was with the wild beasts”? It

To overcome sin we need to begin by talking to our conscience

March 04, 2016

We must have a dialogue with our conscience and remember to rely on God's grace

Lent is more than a spiritual boot camp

March 12, 2015

The modern tendency is to over-spiritualise Jesus’s time in the desert by making it all mythological