Hello St. Mary Magdalene,

I wanted to reflect on two ideas in today’s article. First, you may have noticed that we’ve introduced a new Mass setting for some of our liturgical chants. These are taken from the Missa Orbis Factor, a beautiful Mass setting with a penitential character fitting for the season of Lent. We’re adding a new tool to our liturgical toolbox that’s supposed to be different so that it gets our attention.

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Lent starts with Ash Wednesday this week. What will you be doing to enter into the desert with Jesus this year? The tenets of Lent are Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving. Rather than just doing it as an obligation, commit to doing something in each of those areas for the next 40 days with the goal of growing closer to Christ through the process. Here’s some ideas:

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